Cooling plate assembly for a battery tray and method of manufacturing same
AssigneeMagna International Inc.
InventorChristian HEILING
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Abstract
A cooling plate assembly for cooling at least one battery module in a battery tray includes a first plate and a second plate disposed in stacked relationship with one another to collectively define a cooling channel extending therebetween. An adhesive is disposed between the first and second plate and extends along at least a portion of the cooling channel for structurally bonding the first and second plates to one another. At least one mechanical fixation is disposed adjacent the adhesive and extends between the first and second plates for maintaining a position of the first and second plates during a curing of the adhesive. A method of manufacturing the cooling plate assembly is also disclosed.
Claims20
A cooling plate assembly for cooling at least one battery module in a battery tray, the cooling plate assembly comprising:
- a first plate and a second plate disposed in stacked relationship with one another and collectively defining a cooling channel extending therebetween;
- an adhesive disposed between said first and second plate and extending along at least a portion of said cooling channel for structurally bonding said first and second plates to one another;
- and
- at least one mechanical fixation disposed adjacent said adhesive and extending between said first and second plates for maintaining a position of said first and second plates during a curing of said adhesive.
A battery tray comprising:
- at least one battery module;
- a cooling plate assembly disposed adjacent said at least one battery module for cooling said at least one battery module during operation of the battery tray;
- said cooling plate assembly including:
- a first plate and a second plate disposed in stacked relationship with one another and collectively defining a cooling channel extending therebetween;
- an adhesive disposed between said first and second plate and extending along at least a portion of said cooling channel for structurally bonding said first and second plates to one another;
- and
- at least one mechanical fixation disposed adjacent said adhesive and extending between said first and second plates for maintaining a position of said first and second plates during a curing of said adhesive.
A method of manufacturing a cooling plate assembly for cooling at least one battery module in a battery tray, the method comprising:
- forming a first plate and a second plate;
- forming a cooling channel in at least one of the first plate or the second plate;
- applying an adhesive along at least a portion of the cooling channel;
- disposing the first plate and the second plate in stacked relationship with one another;
- disposing at least one mechanical fixation adjacent the adhesive to maintain a position of the first and second plates;
- and
- curing the adhesive to structurally bond the first and second plates to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.