# US 12,119,470 B2 · Battery compartment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,470 B2 - Document ID: US12119470B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/277,254 - Filed: 2019-09-17 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-18 - Assignees: McLaren Automotive Limited - Applicants: McLaren Automotive Limited - Inventors: Sunoj Cherian George; James Douglas McLaggan; Elie Talj - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119470B2 ## CPC - H01M 10/6556: Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange (closed pipes H01M10/6552) - H01M 10/425: {Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00)} - H01M 10/613: Cooling or keeping cold - H01M 10/625: Vehicles - H01M 10/627: Stationary installations, e.g. power plant buffering or backup power supplies - H01M 50/213: adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence) - H01M 50/284: with incorporated circuit boards, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB] - H01M 50/291: characterised by their shape - H01M 2220/10: Batteries in stationary systems, e.g. emergency power source in plant - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A battery compartment for holding a plurality of cells, the battery compartment comprising a housing defining a chamber in which the plurality of cells are to be located, a cell tray for supporting the plurality of cells within the chamber and a plurality of openings in a wall of the housing, each opening allowing the passage of electrical cabling through the wall and also coolant flow into or out of the chamber. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery compartment for holding a plurality of cells, the battery compartment comprising: a housing defining a chamber in which the plurality of cells are to be located; a cell tray for supporting the plurality of cells within the chamber; and a plurality of openings in a wall of the housing, each opening of the plurality of openings allowing electrical cabling to pass through the wall and also coolant to flow into or out of the chamber. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, wherein the housing is a battery module housing enclosing the cells of a single cell tray. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The battery compartment according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of openings are a pair of openings in an end wall of the housing, the end wall being transverse to the cell tray, one opening of the pair of openings being on each side of the cell tray. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The battery compartment according to claim 3, wherein the pair of openings are the only openings into the chamber. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, wherein the housing is a battery housing enclosing the cells of multiple cell trays. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, wherein the cell tray forms part of the housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, wherein the cell tray is entirely within the chamber. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, wherein one opening of the plurality of openings is an inlet for coolant and one opening of the plurality of openings is an outlet for coolant. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, further comprising a seal on each opening. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The battery compartment according to claim 9, wherein the seal includes a sealing flange configured to allow the electrical cabling to pass therethrough. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The battery compartment according to claim 9, wherein the seal is a two part seal which sandwiches the electrical cabling. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of openings are elongate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, wherein the electrical cabling is a flexible printed circuit board (FPC). ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, wherein the electrical cabling wraps around one or more faces of the housing. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, further comprising an electrical control board connected to the electrical cabling and mounted on a different face of the housing to the plurality of openings. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The battery compartment according to claim 15, wherein the different face is an opposite end wall to that in which the plurality of openings are provided. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The battery compartment according to claim 1, further comprising a coolant manifold for supplying coolant to and/or receiving coolant from the chamber. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The battery compartment according to claim 17, wherein the electrical cabling passes through an opening in the manifold. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The battery compartment according to claim 17, wherein the electrical cabling passes between the manifold and the housing.