Arctic vehicle battery heater
OwnerJoseph J. Mikailainventor
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Abstract
In an arctic military vehicle, one or more heating units is/are positioned against the outer surface of the battery to heat the battery electrolyte and thereby improve battery output capability during the critical engine start-up period. Each heating unit includes an internal self-contained heat source, thereby enabling the system to be used in wilderness areas remote from building energy sources. The invention is particularly applicable to arctic military vehicles that might be required to move through relatively uninhabited enemy areas where stationary energy sources might be unknown or non-existent.
Claims5
In an arctic vehicle equipped with battery ignition:
- the improvement comprising means for heating the vehicle battery to improve its electrical output energy capability preparatory to start-up of the vehicle, said heating means comprising at least one catalytic heater positionable in close adjacency to an outer side surface of the battery casing for directing heat energy through said casing into the battery electrolyte, an upright battery-reception box having sidewalls thereof spaced from the battery casing surfaces to form passages for heated gases flowing upwardly from the catalytic heater, and means forming gas escape openings therein tending to confine hot gases to the space surrounding the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.