Coolant cooling type battery
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsJun Seok Choi, Yong Jae Kim
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Abstract
A coolant cooling type battery is provided. The coolant cooling type battery includes battery cells each having tabs to electrically connect the battery cells to each other by respective tabs. The respective tabs of the battery cells are arranged in a unidirectional alignment. Additionally, the battery includes busbars each interconnecting the tabs of adjacent battery cells of the multiple battery cells with each other to form an electrical connection between the battery cells and a coolant channel that is connected to the multiple busbars and has coolant flowing therein.
Claims11
A coolant cooling type battery, comprising:
- a plurality of battery cells each having tabs to electrically connect the battery cells to each other by respective tabs, wherein the respective tabs of the plurality of battery cells are arranged in a unidirectional alignment;
- a plurality of busbars each interconnecting the tabs of adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells with each other to form an electrical connection between the battery cells;
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- a coolant channel connected to the multiple busbars and having coolant flowing therein.
A coolant cooling type battery, comprising:
- a plurality of battery cells each having tabs to electrically connect the battery cells to each other by respective tabs, wherein the respective tabs of the plurality of battery cells are arranged in a unidirectional alignment;
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- a plurality of busbar assemblies each having a plurality of busbars each interconnecting the tabs of a part of the plurality of battery cells with each other, the part of the battery cells being arranged adjacent to each other, to form an electrical connection between the part of the battery cells, and having a planar-shaped busbar housing having the plurality of busbars attached to a lower surface thereof, each busbar assembly having a coolant channel attached to an upper surface of the busbar housing,
- wherein respective coolant channels of the plurality of busbar assemblies are arranged in a direction in which the battery cells are aligned and the coolant channels of each busbar assembly are joined together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.