Battery pack structure for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsGyung Hoon Shin, Jong Gyu Park
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Abstract
An embodiment battery pack structure for a vehicle includes a supplying channel configured to supply a refrigerant, a discharging channel disposed such that the refrigerant flows therein in parallel with the supplying channel, and a plurality of cooling channels disposed in parallel between the supplying channel and the discharging channel such that the refrigerant can flow under a plurality of battery modules disposed between the supplying channel and the discharging channel.
Claims20
A battery pack structure for a vehicle, the structure comprising:
- a supplying channel configured to supply a refrigerant;
- a discharging channel disposed such that the refrigerant flows therein in parallel with the supplying channel;
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- a plurality of cooling channels disposed in parallel between the supplying channel and the discharging channel such that the refrigerant can flow under a plurality of battery modules disposed between the supplying channel and the discharging channel.
A battery pack structure for a vehicle, the structure comprising:
- a supplying channel configured to supply a refrigerant;
- a discharging channel disposed such that the refrigerant flows therein in parallel with the supplying channel, wherein each of the supplying channel and the discharging channel is disposed to make the refrigerant flow straightly;
- a plurality of cooling channels disposed in parallel between the supplying channel and the discharging channel such that the refrigerant can flow under a plurality of battery modules mounted on a cooling plane between the supplying channel and the discharging channel, wherein the plurality of cooling channels connects the supplying channel and the discharging channel in straight lines to define the cooling plane on an upper side thereof;
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- an insulator disposed below the plurality of battery modules arranged in sequence along a lengthwise direction of the cooling channel and configured to cause a difference in heat transfer performance according to relative positions from the supplying channel, wherein the insulator is attached along an outward portion shape of a bottom of the battery module and has a narrower area as a distance between the insulator and the supplying channel increases.
A battery pack structure for a vehicle, the structure comprising:
- a supplying channel configured to supply a refrigerant;
- a discharging channel disposed such that the refrigerant flows therein in parallel with the supplying channel, wherein each of the supplying channel and the discharging channel is disposed to make the refrigerant flow straightly, and wherein the supplying channel and the discharging channel are configured as both side members of a battery pack, respectively;
- a plurality of cooling channels disposed in parallel between the supplying channel and the discharging channel such that the refrigerant can flow under a plurality of battery modules mounted on a cooling plane between the supplying channel and the discharging channel, wherein the plurality of cooling channels connects the supplying channel and the discharging channel in straight lines to define the cooling plane on an upper side thereof;
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- an insulator disposed below the plurality of battery modules arranged in sequence along a lengthwise direction of the cooling channel and configured to cause a difference in heat transfer performance according to relative positions from the supplying channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.