US 12,237,488 B2
Temperature control mechanism for an electrical component
Mohammed El Hacin Sennoun, West Chester, OH (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/601,959
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
PCT Filed May 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/033677
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/236854, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/850,635, filed on May 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0209331 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6557 (2014.01); H01G 11/10 (2013.01); H01G 11/18 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/643 (2014.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/6557 (2015.04) [H01G 11/10 (2013.01); H01G 11/18 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/643 (2015.04); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
 
1. A temperature control mechanism for an electrical component having a plurality of cells each defining a longitudinal axis, the temperature control mechanism comprising:
a plurality of temperature control portions that respectively surround the plurality of cells, each of the plurality of temperature control portions respectively extend along the longitudinal axis of the plurality of cells in a first direction from a cell first side to a cell second side,
wherein each of the plurality of temperature control portions include a first fluid passageway extending in the first direction and a second fluid passageway extending in a second direction opposite the first direction,
wherein the temperature control mechanism includes a first transfer line in fluid communication with the first fluid passageway of each of the plurality of temperature control portions and a second transfer line in fluid communication with the second fluid passageway of each of the plurality of temperature control portions, and
wherein the plurality of temperature control portions are configured to simultaneously receive a temperature control fluid such that the plurality of temperature control portions provide temperature control to the plurality of cells in parallel.