US 11,682,802 B2
Battery thermal management system
Andrew Maguire Saul, II, Rockville, MD (US); Robert Irby, III, Washington, DC (US); Steve Rogers, Sarasota, FL (US); and Raymond A. Peters, White Lake, MI (US)
Assigned to Genovation Cars, Inc., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed by Genovation Cars, Inc., Rockville, MD (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,589.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/162,296, filed on Mar. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302518 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01); H01M 50/131 (2021.01); H01M 50/121 (2021.01); H01M 50/124 (2021.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01)
CPC H01M 10/625 (2015.04) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 58/24 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 10/6551 (2015.04); H01M 10/6556 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 50/121 (2021.01); H01M 50/1245 (2021.01); H01M 50/131 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery cell thermal management assembly comprising:
a body structure including a plurality of cell-shaped recesses configured to receive a plurality of battery cells;
a thermal management passage positioned within the body structure and configured to circulate a thermal management fluid to extract internally-generated thermal energy from the plurality of battery cells; and
a phase change material positioned within the body structure and configured to transfer the internally-generated thermal energy from the plurality of battery cells to the thermal management fluid.