US 11,772,500 B2
Traction battery pack thermal management assembly
Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Troy, MI (US); Thomas Edward Smith, Livonia, MI (US); Holly M. Whetstone, Royal Oak, MI (US); and Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/322,133.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363144 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); F28D 15/02 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/6552 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01)
CPC B60L 50/64 (2019.02) [B60L 58/26 (2019.02); F28D 15/0275 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/6552 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traction battery assembly, comprising:
a thermal exchange device of a battery pack;
a plurality of battery arrays disposed on a surface of thermal exchange device, each of the battery arrays spaced a distance away from each other to provide a gap between adjacent battery arrays; and
a phase change material that is secured to the same surface of the thermal exchange device, the phase change material disposed within the gap.