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US 2014/0349162 A1Published application
Thermally Managed Battery Assembly
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsNicholas Koumvakalis, Jeffrey H. Hunt
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Abstract
A thermally managed Li-ion battery assembly including an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of the anode and the cathode includes a thermocrystal metamaterial structure.
Claims20
A battery assembly comprising:
- an anode and a cathode, wherein at least one of said anode and said cathode comprises a thermocrystal metamaterial structure.
A battery assembly comprising:
- an anode;
- and
- a cathode, wherein said cathode comprises a thermocrystal metamaterial structure.
A thermal management method comprising the steps of:
- forming an electrode having a thermocrystal metamaterial structure;
- incorporating said electrode into a battery assembly;
- and
- thermally coupling a heat sink to said electrode such that said thermocrystal metamaterial structure directionally aligns heat waves with said heat sink.
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