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US 6,551,740 B1Granted
Battery assembly and a method for cooling a battery assembly
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorRobert John Melichar
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Abstract
A battery assembly 10 including a generally hollow housing 14 and several batteries 12 which are disposed within the interior cavity 16 of the housing 14. Particularly, the batteries 12 reside upon the axis 50 and partition the cavity 16 into a first tapered region 54 and a second expanding portion 56, effective to cause the speed of the air flowing through the cavity 16 to be substantially constant as the air passes the surface of the batteries 12.
Claims8
A method for cooling a plurality of batteries, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a generally hollow housing having a pair of opposed walls and a floor;
- forming a first aperture within a first of said pair of opposed walls;
- forming a second aperture within a second of said pair of opposed walls, wherein said second aperture is at a certain acute angle relative to said first aperture and said floor;
- disposing said plurality of batteries within said housing in a series arrangement in which each of said plurality of batteries resides upon a certain single axis;
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- communicating air to said generally hollow housing through said first aperture, wherein said air traverses said generally hollow housing and emanates from said generally hollow housing through said second aperture, said series arrangement of said batteries being effective to cause said speed of said traversing air to be substantially constant.
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