# US 7,746,033 B2 · Secondary battery module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,746,033 B2 - Document ID: US7746033B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/259,824 - Filed: 2005-10-26 - Published: 2006-05-04 - Granted: 2010-06-29 - Earliest claimed: 2004-10-28 - Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Gun-Goo Lee; Yoon-Cheol Jeon; Tae-Yong Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7746033B2 ## CPC - H01M 10/4207: {for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially} - H01M 10/613: Cooling or keeping cold - H01M 10/617: for achieving uniformity or desired distribution of temperature - H01M 10/643: Cylindrical cells - H01M 10/647: Prismatic or flat cells, e.g. pouch cells - H01M 10/652: characterised by gradients (for achieving a desired temperature gradient H01M10/617) - H01M 10/653: characterised by electrically insulating or thermally conductive materials - H01M 10/6557: arranged between the cells - H01M 10/6563: with forced flow, e.g. by blowers - H01M 10/6566: Means within the gas flow to guide the flow around one or more cells, e.g. manifolds, baffles or other barriers (H01M10/6565 takes precedence) - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/213: adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence) - H01M 50/291: characterised by their shape - H01M 10/6555: arranged between the cells - H01M 10/6556: Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange (closed pipes H01M10/6552) - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A secondary battery module includes a unit battery aggregate having a plurality of unit batteries arranged spaced from each other; a housing adapted to receive the unit battery aggregate; and a communicating member installed inside the housing, the communicating member adapted to supply a cooling medium flowing into the housing between a plurality of the unit batteries. The housing includes an inlet for flowing temperature control air into the unit battery aggregate, an outlet for flowing out the air passing through the unit battery, and a communicating member arranged perpendicular to the direction of inflow and outflow of the air with respect to the inlet and the outlet to communicate with a flowing channel between unit batteries, respectively. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A secondary battery module comprising: a housing; a unit battery aggregate within the housing, the unit battery aggregate comprising a plurality of unit batteries; a cell barrier between each of a pair of neighboring unit batteries of the plurality of unit batteries, each cell barrier including a plurality of cooling medium channels having a channel input and a channel output; and a communicating member within the housing, the communicating member adapted to channel a cooling medium through the plurality of cooling medium channels; wherein the communicating member comprises a plurality of guiders, each of a pair of neighboring guiders of the plurality of guiders being spaced by a distance about equal to a distance between each of a pair of corresponding neighboring unit batteries of the plurality of unit batteries. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The secondary battery module of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a plurality of detachable sub housings, at least one of the plurality of detachable sub housings having at least one of a cooling medium inlet or a cooling medium outlet. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The secondary battery module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of guiders extend from at least one of a top end or a bottom end of each of the plurality of unit batteries. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The secondary battery module of claim 1, wherein the plurality of guiders are integral with the housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The secondary battery module of claim 1 the communicating member including a plurality of guide channels, each of the plurality of guide channels communicating with one of the plurality of cooling medium channels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The secondary battery module of claim 1, wherein a width of each of the plurality of cooling medium channels increases for each cell barrier more distal from the housing inlet. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The secondary battery module of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of unit batteries has a prismatic shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The secondary battery module of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of unit batteries has a cylindrical shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The secondary battery module of claim 1, wherein the cooling medium is air. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The secondary battery module of claim 1, wherein the secondary battery module drives a motor.