Battery cooler support architecture
AssigneeDana Canada Corporation
InventorsJOHN BURGERS, NOMAN RAHIM
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Abstract
A battery cooler assembly having a frame with a pair of opposed parallel walls, with each wall having a ledge extending outwardly from the wall. A heat exchanger positioned between the walls, and having a plate pair together defining a fluid flow channel permitting fluid flow from an inlet to an outlet on the heat exchanger. One or more battery modules positioned on the heat exchanger. A plurality of support structures engage the heat exchanger and positioned between the walls; and extend from a first edge to a second end of the heat exchanger, where the first edge is proximate to one of the walls and the second edge is proximate to the other wall. The plurality of support structures engaging the one or more battery modules reducing stress on the heat exchanger.
Claims17
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A battery cooler assembly, comprising:
- a frame having a pair of opposed parallel walls, each of the walls having a ledge extending outwardly from one of the walls towards the other wall;
- a heat exchanger positioned between the opposed parallel walls, the heat exchanger having a plate pair, the plate pair having a first plate and a second plate coupled to one another, the first plate and the second plate together defining a fluid flow channel permitting fluid flow from an inlet on the heat exchanger to an outlet on the heat exchanger;
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- a plurality of support structures engaging the heat exchanger and positioned between the opposed parallel walls, and extending from a first edge of the heat exchanger to a second end of the heat exchanger, wherein the first edge of the heat exchanger is proximate to one of the opposed parallel walls and the second edge of the heat exchanger is proximate to the other opposed parallel wall;
- the plurality of support structures engaging the one or more battery modules reducing stress on the heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.