US 12,431,514 B2
Air cooler and fuel cell system
Ju Yong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Sang Woo Kim, Chuncheon-si (KR); Yeon Su Nam, Bucheon-si (KR); Min Jae Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Ho Kyo Jung, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/833,097.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0129213 (KR), filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099737 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 8/04119 (2016.01); H01M 8/04007 (2016.01); H01M 8/04014 (2016.01); H01M 8/04029 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/04134 (2013.01) [H01M 8/04014 (2013.01); H01M 8/04029 (2013.01); H01M 8/04067 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air cooler comprising:
a cooler main body having a first zone and a second zone partitioned off from the first zone;
cooling flow paths configured to cool the air and disposed in the first zone so that the air introduced into the cooler main body passes therethrough;
bypass flow paths configured to allow the air to bypass the cooling flow paths and disposed in the second zone so that the air introduced into the cooler main body passes therethrough; and
an opening/closing unit configured to selectively open or close the cooling flow paths.