On vehicle moisture purge system for battery enclosures
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsRyan Patrick Hickey, Adam Jonathan Tallman, Robel Kiflemariam
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Abstract
A vehicle including a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) including a RESS housing and at least one battery pack disposed within the housing. A purge air source is disposed within the vehicle and configured to generate a compressed air and connected to the rechargeable energy storage system housing via a purge air connection. A controller is controllably coupled to the RESS and the purge air source. The controller is configured to reduce a moisture level within the RESS housing by providing air from the purge air source to the RESS housing through the purge air connection.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) including a RESS housing and at least one battery pack disposed within the housing;
- a purge air source disposed within the vehicle and configured to generate a purge air and connected to the rechargeable energy storage system housing via a purge air connection;
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- a controller controllably coupled to the RESS and the purge air source, the controller being configured to reduce a moisture level within the RESS housing by providing purge air from the purge air source to the RESS housing through the purge air connection.
A method for reducing moisture within a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- continuously providing a purge air from an on-vehicle purge air source to an RESS housing through a purge air connection;
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- venting air from within the RESS housing through at least one normally closed vent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.