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Battery system with heat exchanger

US8603660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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36References

20Claims

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Assignee

Johnson Controls-SAFT Advanced Power Solutions LLC · US

Inventors

Gary P. Houchin-Miller · Milwaukee, US
Anthony C. Pacheco · Milwaukee, US
Martin Wiegmann · Kellinghusen, DE
Ralf Joswig · Wolfsburg, DE
Markus Hoh · Garbsen, DE
Mikhail S. Balk · Brown Deer, US
Kem M. Obasih · Brookfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2011
Grant date	Dec 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 14, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/70
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A battery module includes a plurality of electrochemical cells arranged in a first row and a second row offset from the first row. The battery module also includes a heat exchanger configured to allow a fluid to flow through the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is disposed between the first and second rows of cells and has a shape that is complementary to the cells in the first and second rows of cells so that an external surface of the heat exchanger contacts a portion of each of the plurality of electrochemical cells. The heat exchanger is configured to route the fluid between an inlet and an outlet such that a path of the fluid flow includes a plurality of adjacent fluid flow segments.

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