US 12,215,935 B2
Thermal management system and method
Andrew Louis Krivonak, Erie, PA (US); Patrick Lee Jansen, Schenectady, NY (US); Neil Bradley, Erie, PA (US); Gregory Badders, Erie, PA (US); Mark Zysk, Erie, PA (US); and Michael Jay Grutkowski, Erie, PA (US)
Assigned to Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,930.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258420 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. F28F 27/02 (2006.01); F28D 15/00 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01); G05D 7/06 (2006.01); G05D 23/19 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01)
CPC F28F 27/02 (2013.01) [F28D 15/00 (2013.01); F28F 9/026 (2013.01); G05D 7/0641 (2013.01); G05D 23/1917 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/6556 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal management system comprising:
a housing body having a first broad surface and an opposing second broad surface and extending between a first end and a second end, the housing body defining plural passages disposed between the first and second broad surfaces, the plural passages extending in one or more orthogonal directions between the first end and the second end of the housing body;
an inlet conduit fluidly coupled with two or more first passages of the plural passages via an inlet structure that defines an inlet of the housing body, the inlet conduit configured to direct a fluid into each of the two or more first passages of the plural passages; [and] an outlet conduit fluidly coupled with two or more second passages of the plural passages via an outlet structure that defines an outlet of the housing body, the outlet conduit configured to receive the fluid from each of the two or more second passages of the plural passages; and
a fluid reservoir housing comprising one or more surfaces defining one or more chambers disposed within the fluid reservoir housing, wherein a first chamber is fluidly coupled with the inlet conduit and configured to direct the fluid toward the inlet conduit and the two or more first passages of the plural passages, and a second chamber is fluidly coupled with the outlet conduit and configured to receive the fluid from the outlet conduit and the two or more second passages of the plural passages.