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US 11,605,847 B2Granted
Thermal exchange plate assembly for vehicle battery
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSaravanan Paramasivam, Kimberley King, Rajaram Subramanian, Edward Popyk, Samir Subba, Dave Moschet
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Abstract
A battery assembly according to a non-limiting aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an array of battery cells, and a thermal exchange plate assembly adjacent the array. The thermal exchange plate assembly includes an inlet, an outlet, a main channel, and a bypass channel configured to direct fluid from the inlet to the outlet while substantially bypassing the main channel.
Claims14
A battery assembly, comprising:
- an array of battery cells;
- a thermal exchange plate assembly adjacent the array and including an inlet, an outlet, a main channel, and a bypass channel configured to direct fluid from the inlet to the outlet while substantially bypassing the main channel and without exchanging substantial heat with the array of battery cells;
- a deflector configured to direct fluid into the bypass channel, wherein the deflector has a rim and a base defining a concave surface facing the inlet;
- and
- wherein the main channel includes a wall, a delivery side on a first side of the wall, a return side on a second side of the wall, and a turning section between the delivery side and the return side,
- wherein the deflector is configured to direct fluid from the first side of the wall to the second side of the wall,
- wherein a first end of the deflector is adjacent the inlet, and a second end of the deflector extends to the wall but does not extend beyond the wall.
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A battery assembly, comprising:
- a first thermal exchange plate assembly including an inlet, an outlet, a main channel, and a bypass channel configured to direct fluid to the outlet of the first thermal exchange plate assembly while substantially bypassing the main channel and without exchanging substantial heat with an array of battery cells;
- and
- a second thermal exchange plate assembly including an inlet fluidly coupled to the outlet of the first thermal exchange plate assembly,
- wherein the first thermal exchange plate assembly further comprises a deflector configured to direct fluid into the bypass channel,
- wherein the deflector has a rim and a base defining a concave surface facing the inlet of the first thermal exchange plate assembly,
- wherein the main channel includes a wall, a delivery side on a first side of the wall, a return side on a second side of the wall, and a turning section between the delivery side and the return side;
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- wherein the deflector is configured to direct fluid from the first side of the wall to the second side of the wall,
- wherein a first end of the deflector is adjacent the inlet, and a second end of the deflector extends to the wall but does not extend beyond the wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.