US 12,294,072 B2
Cell pack thermal management apparatus and method
Nicholas Carpenter, Northamptonshire (GB); and Alexander Acklam, Northamptonshire (GB)
Assigned to Delta Cosworth Limited, Northamptonshire (GB)
Appl. No. 17/639,557
Filed by DELTA COSWORTH LIMITED, Northamptonshire (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/052088
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/044131, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1912602 (GB), filed on Sep. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0336885 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6557 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/615 (2014.01); H01M 10/643 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01)
CPC H01M 10/6557 (2015.04) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/615 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 10/643 (2015.04)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cell pack thermal management device suitable for use with a cell pack, the device comprising:
a plurality of flexible conduits, an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold, wherein the plurality of flexible conduits are fluidly connectable between the intake manifold and the exhaust manifold to provide a plurality of fluid paths between the intake manifold and the exhaust manifold and wherein at least one of the intake manifold and the exhaust manifold comprises
a manifold body
a plurality of conduit ports adapted to fluidly mate with an inlet or an outlet port of each respective flexible conduit, and
a system port, and wherein
the plurality of conduits ports and the system port are fluidly connected within the manifold body by a series of channels tuned for even flow distribution, wherein the series of channels have differing path lengths and a bore size of the channels are different so as to provide a same pressure drop across and therefore flow rate in each of the series of channels.