Battery and vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoko Tofukuji
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Abstract
Provided is a battery that includes a battery module having a battery cell, and a cooler including an inlet part through which refrigerant flows in from outside, and an outlet part through which the refrigerant flows out, and configured to cool the battery module as the refrigerant circulates inside the cooler. The cooler includes an inlet side flow passage that communicates with the inlet part and is provided at a position overlapping a heating region, and an outlet side flow passage that communicates with the inlet side flow passage and the outlet part, and is provided at a position overlapping a non-heating region.
Claims6
A battery, comprising:
- a battery module having a battery cell;
- and
- a cooler including an inlet part through which refrigerant flows in from outside, and an outlet part through which the refrigerant flows out, the cooler being configured to cool the battery module as the refrigerant circulates inside the cooler, wherein:
- the battery module includes:
- a heating region;
- and
- a non-heating region;
- and
- the cooler includes:
- an inlet side flow passage that communicates with the inlet part and is provided at a position overlapping the heating region;
- and
- an outlet side flow passage that communicates with the inlet side flow passage and the outlet part and is provided at a position overlapping the non-heating region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.