Battery module for high-current rapid charging
AssigneeElectricab Corporation
InventorRobert P. Kittell
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Abstract
A high-current rapid charging battery module for an electric vehicle including a case, one or more battery cells inside the case, a ventilation system that draws air upward through holes in the bottom of the case from the exterior of the vehicle, massive copper busbars, each busbar electrically connecting a positive lead on one battery cell to a negative lead on a different battery cell, an air flow cartridge between each pair of adjacent battery cells, and one or more fans arranged on top of one or more cells that blow air drawn upward through the holes in the bottom of the case away from the top of the battery module.
Claims8
A high-current rapid charging battery module for an electric vehicle comprising:
- a case;
- one or more battery cells inside the case;
- a ventilation system that draws air upward through holes in the bottom of the case from the exterior of the vehicle;
- a plurality of significantly large busbars, each busbar conducting current from a positive lead on one battery cell to a negative lead on a different battery cell;
- an air flow cartridge between each pair of adjacent battery cells;
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- one or more fans arranged on top of one or more cells that blow air drawn upward through the holes in the bottom of the case away from the top of the battery module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.