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US 12,597,668 B2Granted
Battery pack and electric vehicle
AssigneeBYD Company Limited
InventorsLiangwen Tan, Jing Tan, Wenhui Chen
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Abstract
A battery pack includes a tray and a plate. The tray has an accommodating space. The accommodating space has a top opening. The plate is disposed at the top opening of the accommodating space. The plate includes an inner surface facing the accommodating space and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. A plurality of cooling pipes sequentially arranged are disposed on the outer surface of the plate. A heating member is disposed between two adjacent cooling pipes.
Claims20
A battery pack, comprising:
- a tray, wherein the tray has an accommodating space, and the accommodating space has a top opening;
- a plate disposed at the top opening, the plate comprises an inner surface facing the accommodating space and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, a plurality of cooling pipes sequentially disposed on the outer surface of the plate, and a heating member disposed between two adjacent cooling pipes;
- and
- at least one inlet pipe, and at least one outlet pipe,
- wherein:
- the cooling pipes are grouped into a plurality of cooling units, the cooling units are arranged along a first direction, each of the cooling units comprises a first cooling pipe and a second cooling pipe, and every two adjacent cooling units constitute a cooling group;
- and
- first cooling pipes of the two adjacent cooling units of a same cooling group are in communication with a same inlet pipe, second cooling pipes of the two adjacent cooling units of the same cooling group are in communication with a same outlet pipe, first cooling pipes of cooling units of different groups are in communication with different inlet pipes, and second cooling pipes of cooling units of different groups are in communication with different outlet pipes.
5 more elements
An electric vehicle, comprising a battery pack, wherein the battery pack comprises:
- a tray, wherein the tray has an accommodating space, and the accommodating space has a top opening;
- a plate disposed at the top opening, the plate comprises an inner surface facing the accommodating space and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, a plurality of cooling pipes sequentially disposed on the outer surface of the plate, and a heating member disposed between two adjacent cooling pipes;
- and
- at least one inlet pipe, and at least one outlet pipe,
- wherein:
- the cooling pipes are grouped into a plurality of cooling units, the cooling units are arranged along a first direction, each of the cooling units comprises a first cooling pipe and a second cooling pipe, and every two adjacent cooling units constitute a cooling group;
- and
- first cooling pipes of the two adjacent cooling units of a same cooling group are in communication with a same inlet pipe, second cooling pipes of the two adjacent cooling units of the same cooling group are in communication with a same outlet pipe, first cooling pipes of cooling units of different groups are in communication with different inlet pipes, and second cooling pipes of cooling units of different groups are in communication with different outlet pipes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.