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Thermal control systems for battery charging

US11993162B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

William M. Price · Tennille, US
Peteris K. Augenbergs · Woodside, US
Wulfer Adrijan de Bruijn · Redwood City, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 2023
Grant date	May 28, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/14
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thermal control system for use during electric battery charging includes a charging station thermally conditioning a fluid and sending the fluid to a charge inlet. The charge inlet thermally conditions the fluid and sends the fluid to one of a thermal loop or a heat exchanger. Another thermal control system includes a charging station thermally conditioning a fluid and sending the fluid to a charge inlet. The charge inlet thermally conditions the fluid and sends the fluid back to the charging station. In another thermal control system, a thermal loop supplies a fluid at a first temperature to a charge inlet. The charge inlet thermally conditions the fluid to a second temperature and returns the fluid to the thermal loop.

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