US 11,855,266 B2
Cylindrical battery cell packaging and cooling configuration
Kyle William Butterfield, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Tyler David Collins, Irvine, CA (US); and Nathaniel Christopher Wynn, Newport Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/140,742.
Application 17/140,742 is a continuation of application No. 16/115,156, filed on Aug. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,886,580.
Prior Publication US 2021/0126301 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/643 (2014.01); H01M 10/6555 (2014.01); H01M 10/6557 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 50/30 (2021.01); H01M 50/107 (2021.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/179 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/613 (2015.04) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 10/0422 (2013.01); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/643 (2015.04); H01M 10/6555 (2015.04); H01M 10/6557 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01M 50/107 (2021.01); H01M 50/179 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/30 (2021.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery system comprising:
a cooling plate comprising:
a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and the second surface being on opposite sides of the cooling plate; and
an input port and an output port;
a plurality of first battery cells each comprising a first face adjacent to the first surface of the cooling plate at a first thermal interface; and
a plurality of second battery cells each comprising a first face adjacent to the second surface of the cooling plate at a second thermal interface, wherein:
the pluralities of the first and second battery cells are arranged within a housing;
the cooling plate comprise a first rectangular region within the housing and a second region outside of the housing;
the input port and the output port are arranged on the first surface outside of the housing; and
a cooling channel of the cooling plate within the second region narrows towards and is coupled to the input port or the output port.