US 11,993,176 B2
Battery housing for battery module of a traction battery of a motor vehicle
Philipp Kellner, Rennigen (DE); Christopher Volkmer, Niefern-Öschelbronn (DE); Sascha Mostofi, Zeltingen (DE); Immanuel Vogel, Kornwestheim (DE); Dieter Schiebel, Korntal-Münchingen (DE); and Thomas Neuhauser, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, (DE)
Filed by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/381,523.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 119 285.1 (DE), filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024349 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01)
CPC B60L 58/26 (2019.02) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery housing for a battery module of a traction battery of a motor vehicle, said battery housing comprising:
a housing for enclosing at least one battery cell of the battery module, the housing having an extruded rectangular profile including a lower housing wall, an upper housing wall, and two side housing walls;
at least one cooling groove formed in the upper housing wall, wherein the at least one cooling groove serves for conducting a cooling fluid, and the at least one cooling groove is open in a direction facing away from the battery cell;
a cover in the form of a planar plate that is connected to the upper housing wall and which serves for closing the at least one cooling groove; and
at least one housing inlet opening that is fluidly connected to the at least one cooling groove, the at least one housing inlet opening being disposed on an end side of the upper housing wall, and wherein the at least one housing inlet opening is disposed at an elevation below the cover.