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US 12,752,587 B2Granted
Air-cooled battery for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsSeon Ung Youn, Jun Young Lim, Kyung Sang Yu
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Abstract
An air-cooled battery for a vehicle includes a battery mounted on a floor of the vehicle and cooled by air, and a cooling duct having a first portion that is connected to the battery and extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a second portion that is branched from the first portion in a width direction of the vehicle and disposed under a seat to discharge the air cooling the battery in multiple directions.
Claims15
An air-cooled battery for a vehicle, the air-cooled battery comprising:
- a battery configured to be mounted on a floor of the vehicle and to be cooled by air;
- a cooling duct having (i) a first portion that extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle to be connected to the battery and (ii) a second portion that is branched from the first portion in a width direction of the vehicle, the second portion being configured to be disposed below a seat of the vehicle and to discharge air cooling the battery in a plurality of directions, wherein the second portion of the cooling duct defines an outlet configured to discharge the air cooling the battery, and the outlet is defined at a side of the cooling duct and configured to face a seat rail of the vehicle, the seat being coupled to the seat rail;
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- a guide grille disposed at an outside of the outlet and configured to guide air discharged from the second portion in a direction toward the seat rail, the guide grille defining a streamlined shape that is configured to extend toward the seat rail and having an upper end disposed adjacent to the seat rail,
- wherein the guide grille defines one or more openings configured to discharge the air that is discharged from the outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.