US 12,009,495 B2
Battery cooling plate
Victor Aiello, Kenosha, WI (US); Kyle Shisler, Muskego, WI (US); and Frances Kis, Yorkville, WI (US)
Assigned to Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/260,782
Filed by Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, WI (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/043028
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/033139, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/717,088, filed on Aug. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0280927 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); F28D 1/03 (2006.01); F28D 3/02 (2006.01); F28F 3/02 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01)
CPC H01M 10/6554 (2015.04) [F28D 1/0333 (2013.01); F28F 3/027 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery cooling plate comprising:
at least one planar heat transfer surface bounded by a first edge a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge;
a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port arranged along the first edge;
a coolant flow path extending through the battery cooling plate adjacent the at least one planar heat transfer surface between the coolant inlet port and the coolant outlet port, the coolant flow path including a first portion extending along the entire length of the second, third, and fourth edges, and a second portion arranged downstream of the first portion, wherein the second portion is separated from the second, third, and fourth edges by the first portion; and
a tabulating insert arranged within the battery cooling plate, the turbulating insert including corrugations having crests,
wherein a first portion of the crests form flow openings that disrupt fluid flow to increase heat transfer performance along the first portion of the coolant flow path, and
wherein a second portion of the crests form a flow barrier that is impervious to fluid flow to fluidly separate the first portion of the coolant flow path from the second portion of the coolant flow path.