Patent · US Expired

Device for cooling a vehicle appliance, in particular a battery or a fuel cell

US6666263B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

26Claims

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Assignee

Behr GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Klaus Luz · Herrenberg, DE
Herbert Damsohn · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Conrad Pfender · Besigheim, DE
Peter Geskes · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Friedrich Brotz · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 2002
Grant date	Dec 23, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/40
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The device is used to cool a vehicle appliance, in particular a battery or a fuel cell, by means of a coolant. It has a plurality of identically designed cooling elements, through which coolant can flow, which can be brought into bearing contact to cool at least one component of the vehicle appliance. It includes a first cooling-element side and a second cooling-element side which is on the opposite side from the first cooling-element side. The cooling-element sides have connection openings, which form inlet and outlet openings for the coolant and are in communication with the interior space of the cooling element. In this arrangement, it is provided for the first and second cooling-element sides each to have at least two connection openings.

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