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Battery module endplate with sealed hole for cooling tube connection

US10601088B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TIVENI MERGECO, INC. · US

Inventors

Heiner Fees · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Andreas Track · Sachsenheim, DE
Alexander Eichhorn · Eppingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 26, 2017
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An endplate of a battery module is configured with holes through which an inlet and outlet for a cooling tube are arranged. Cooling interfaces between the inlet and outlet and a cooling manifold are arranged outside of a battery module compartment that houses the battery module. In a first embodiment, sealing components separate from the cooling tube are arranged inside the inlet and outlet holes, with each sealing component defining multiple sealing areas (e.g., ring-shaped sealing areas) for sealing a respective hole. In a second embodiment, the cooling tube includes integrated sealing components (e.g., threaded sections of the cooling tube) inside the inlet and outlet holes, with each integrated sealing component defining a single sealing area (e.g., a ring-shaped sealing area) for sealing a respective hole.

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