Battery module cooling structure
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorKi Hoon Ahn
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Abstract
A battery module cooling structure includes: a battery module fixed to a vehicle body; and a cooling block disposed under the battery module and configured to reduce heat generated by the battery module. The cooling block includes: an upper panel closing an upper portion of the cooling block, the upper panel having corner regions including an inlet hole configured to take in cooling water and an outlet hole configured to discharge the cooling water; a lower panel spaced downward from the upper panel and closing a lower portion of the cooling block; an inlet pipe coupled to an upper portion of the upper panel, and configured to take in the cooling water; and an outlet pipe coupled to the upper portion of the upper panel at a position spaced apart from the inlet pipe, and configured to discharge the cooling water.
Claims13
A battery module cooling structure, comprising:
- a battery module fixed to a vehicle body;
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- a cooling block disposed under the battery module and configured to reduce heat generated by the battery module, the cooling block including:
- an upper panel closing an upper portion of the cooling block, the upper panel having a first corner region including an inlet hole configured to take in cooling water and a second corner region including an outlet hole configured to discharge the cooling water, wherein the upper panel includes:
- a first region between one end of the upper panel and the inlet hole;
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- a second region between another end of the upper panel and the inlet hole, wherein a length of the first region is less than a length of the second region;
- a lower panel spaced downward from the upper panel and closing a lower portion of the cooling block, wherein the lower panel includes:
- first and second coupling parts coupled to a lower surface of the upper panel in the first region and the second region, respectively;
- first and second inclined parts extending to be inclined downward from the first and second coupling parts, respectively;
- a horizontal part connecting the first and second inclined parts to each other;
- an inlet pipe coupled to an upper portion of the upper panel, and configured to take in the cooling water;
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- an outlet pipe coupled to the upper portion of the upper panel at a position spaced apart from the inlet pipe, and configured to discharge the cooling water.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an upper panel, wherein the upper panel includes:
- a first region between one end of the upper panel and an inlet hole;
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- a second region between another end of the upper panel and the inlet hole, wherein a length of the first region is less than a length of the second region;
- a lower panel joined to the upper panel to form an accommodation space with the upper panel, the lower panel comprising:
- inclined portions extending from the lower panel to the upper panel;
- first and second coupling parts coupled to a lower surface of the upper panel in the first region and the second region, respectively;
- first and second inclined parts extending to be inclined downward from the first and second coupling parts, respectively;
- a horizontal part connecting the first and second inclined parts to each other;
- an inlet pipe coupled to an upper portion of the upper panel at a first position overlapping a corner region of the upper panel, wherein a first distance between the inlet hole receiving the inlet pipe and a first respective portion of the first coupling part at a first region of the accommodation space overlapping the corner region of the upper panel is smaller than a second distance between the inlet hole and a second respective portion of the second coupling part at a second region of the accommodation space;
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- an outlet pipe coupled to the upper portion of the upper panel at a second position spaced apart from the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.