Battery cooling device
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsGun Goo Lee, Jeong Won Cho
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Abstract
Disclosed is a battery cooling device. The battery cooling device includes a pulsating heat pipe, wherein the pulsating heat pipe is manufactured to have a structure in which a vertical channel performing a heat absorption function and a horizontal channel performing a condensation function form a T-shaped passage to increase the surface area of the horizontal channel. The horizontal channel may be arranged below at least one of two battery cells. The battery cells may be selected from a plurality of battery cells stacked having a predetermined number. The plurality of battery cells are stacked with a surface pressure pad disposed between at least two of the plurality of battery cells to evenly cool the battery cells.
Claims20
A battery cooling device, comprising:
- a pulsating heat pipe including a plurality of vertical channels and a plurality of horizontal channels configured to cool a plurality of battery cells, wherein the vertical channels and the horizontal channels form a T-shaped passage configured to pulsatile refrigerant flow;
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- a cooling water channel arranged below the horizontal channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.