# US 2014/0193686 A1 · Apparatus for Voltage Supply > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0193686 A1 - Document ID: US20140193686A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/204,000 - Filed: 2014-03-11 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-10-18 - Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Sebastian SIERING; Robert Lustig; Micha Dirmeier - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193686A1 ## CPC - H01M 10/615: Heating or keeping warm - B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles - H01M 10/0413: {Large-sized flat cells or batteries for motive or stationary systems with plate-like electrodes} - H01M 10/0481: {Compression means other than compression means for stacks of electrodes and separators} - H01M 10/4207: {for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially} - H01M 10/613: Cooling or keeping cold - H01M 10/625: Vehicles - H01M 10/6556: Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange (closed pipes H01M10/6552) - H01M 10/6567: Liquids - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/249: specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) - H01M 50/264: for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames - H01M 10/647: Prismatic or flat cells, e.g. pouch cells - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract An arrangement for supplying power, particularly for supplying power to a motor vehicle, includes a cell module having several storage cells arranged between a first and a second plate-type element. The cell module further includes a plate-type cooling element thermally conductively connected with the bottom sides of the storage cells, and a cooling duct system being provided in the interior of the cooling element. The cooling duct system is in a fluidic connection with at least one coolant/refrigerant inlet and at least one coolant/refrigerant outlet. The at least one coolant/refrigerant inlet and the at least one coolant/refrigerant outlet are arranged in the area of a top face of the first and/or the second plate-type element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An arrangement for supplying power to a motor vehicle, comprising: a cell module having a plurality of storage cells arranged between a first plate-type element and a second plate-type element; and a plate-type cooling element thermally conductively connected with the bottom sides of the plurality of storage cells, a cooling duct system being provided in the interior of the plate-type cooling element, wherein the cooling duct system is in a fluidic connection with a coolant/refrigerant inlet and a coolant/refrigerant outlet, wherein the coolant/refrigerant inlet and/or the coolant/refrigerant outlet is arranged in the area of a top face of at least one of the first plate-type element and a second plate-type element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the coolant/refrigerant inlet is connected by way of at least a first connection duct with the cooling duct system, and the coolant/refrigerant outlet is connected by way of at least a second connection duct with the cooling duct system. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein in or at the at least one of the first plate-type element and a second plate-type element, a duct is provided which extends from the cooling duct system to the coolant/refrigerant inlet and from the cooling duct system to the coolant/refrigerant outlet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein in or at the at least one of the first plate-type element and a second plate-type element, a duct is provided which extends from the cooling duct system to the coolant/refrigerant inlet and from the cooling duct system to the coolant/refrigerant outlet. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the duct extending from the cooling duct system to the coolant/refrigerant inlet forms the first connection duct, and the duct extending from the cooling duct system to the coolant/refrigerant outlet forms the second connection duct, the coolant or refrigerant flowing directly in the ducts. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the duct extending from the cooling duct system to the coolant/refrigerant inlet forms the first connection duct, and the duct extending from the cooling duct system to the coolant/refrigerant outlet forms the second connection duct, the coolant or refrigerant flowing directly in the ducts. ### Claim 7 The arrangement according to 1, wherein the coolant/refrigerant inlet and/or the coolant/refrigerant outlet is an integral component of at least one of the first plate-type element and a second plate-type element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the first and second connection ducts are separate components which are arranged in the ducts. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The arrangement according to claim 6, wherein the first and second connection ducts are separate components which are arranged in the ducts. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the first and second connection ducts are connected with the cooling duct system in a material-bonding manner. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) The arrangement according to claim 4, wherein the first and second connection ducts are connected with the cooling duct system in a material-bonding manner. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the coolant/refrigerant inlet and the coolant/refrigerant outlet are formed by flange elements, which are one of (i) connected with one of the first and second connection ducts, and (i) an integral component of the first and second plate-type elements, respectively. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the first and second connection ducts are thermally insulated with respect to the ducts in which they are arranged such that the first and second connection ducts are not in direct contact with the ducts. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the first and second connection ducts are thermally insulated with respect to the ducts in which they are arranged such that the first and second connection ducts are not in direct contact with the ducts. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the bottom sides and/or side faces of the plurality of storage cells are glued to a top face of the cooling element. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the cell module and the cooling element are inserted into a storage device housing, the cooling element being thermally insulated with respect to the storage device housing such that it does not come in direct contact with the storage device housing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first plate-type element and the second plate-type element stand up by way of supports on a floor of the storage device housing. ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the cooling duct system, the first and second connection ducts, the coolant/refrigerant inlet and the coolant/refrigerant outlet are configured for flowing-through by a refrigerant. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first plate-type element and the second plate-type element are mutually connected by means of a left and a right tension element, respectively, wherein the cell module is clamped in by means of said left and right tension elements between the first plate-type element and the second plate-type element.