Cooling Plate and Assembly for Swappable Electric-Vehicle Batteries
AssigneeAmple, Inc.
InventorSung Chan Cho
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Abstract
A cooling plate includes an inlet port, an outlet port, a planar first metal sheet, and a second metal sheet disposed on the first metal sheet. The second metal sheet has stamped and crimped regions that define one or more fluid channels to circulate a cooling fluid within the cooling plate, the one or more fluid channels fluidly coupled to the inlet port and the outlet port. The cooling plate can be in thermal communication with a battery module for an electric vehicle.
Claims20
A cooling plate comprising:
- an inlet port;
- an outlet port;
- a planar first metal sheet;
- and
- a second metal sheet disposed on the first metal sheet, the second metal sheet having stamped and crimped regions that define one or more fluid channels to circulate a cooling fluid within the cooling plate, the one or more fluid channels fluidly coupled to the inlet port and the outlet port.
A thermally regulated energy storage assembly comprising:
- a battery module;
- a cooling plate in thermal communication with the battery module, the cooling plate having an inlet port, an outlet port, and comprising:
- a planar first metal sheet;
- and
- a second metal disposed on the first metal sheet, the second metal sheet having stamped and crimped regions that define one or more fluid channels to circulate a cooling fluid within the cooling plate, the one or more fluid channels fluidly coupled to the inlet port and the outlet port.
A thermally regulated assembly for swappable energy storage devices, comprising:
- an interface plate configured to be mechanically and electrically coupled to an electric vehicle;
- a battery tray releasably attached to the interface plate;
- at least one battery module disposed on the battery tray;
- a cooling plate in thermal communication with the battery module, the cooling plate having an inlet port, an outlet port, and comprising:
- a planar first metal sheet;
- and
- a second metal disposed on the first metal sheet, the second metal sheet having stamped and crimped regions that define one or more fluid channels to circulate a cooling fluid within the cooling plate, the one or more fluid channels fluidly coupled to the inlet port and the outlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.