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US 8,999,547 B2Granted
Battery module
AssigneesSamsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorsIn-Hwan Cha, Kwon Sohn, Seung-Woo Yang, Min-Kyun Mok
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Abstract
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, and a heat exchanging member adjoining the plurality of battery cells in heat exchanging relationship therewith. The heat exchanging member includes a plurality of tubes arranged therein, and each tube defines a plurality of heat exchanging medium flow passageways therein.
Claims17
A battery module, comprising:
- a plurality of battery cells;
- and
- a heat exchanging member adjoining the plurality of battery cells in heat exchanging relationship therewith, the heat exchanging member including
- a plurality of tubes arranged therein, and each tube defining a plurality of heat exchanging medium flow passageways therein, each of the plurality of tubes includes lateral sides that are aligned with respective lateral sides of one of the plurality of battery cells, each one of the plurality of tubes corresponds to a respective battery cell, at least one of the lateral sides of each of the plurality of tubes contacts at least one of lateral sides of another tube adjacent thereto, and
- a frame member including
- a lower frame member arranged adjacent to first sides of the plurality of tubes, and
- an upper frame member arranged between the plurality of battery cells and second sides of the plurality of tubes, the second sides opposing the first sides of the plurality of tubes, the plurality of tubes positioned between the lower and upper frame members, wherein:
- each of the plurality of tubes includes an upper surface having a first area and facing a bottom surface of a respective battery cell, the bottom surface having a second area, the first area substantially equals the second area, and the bottom surface of the respective battery cell is superimposed on the area of the upper surface.
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A battery module comprising:
- a plurality of battery cells;
- a heat exchanging member adjoining the plurality of battery cells in heat exchanging relationship therewith, the heat exchanging member including a plurality of tubes arranged therein, each tube defining a plurality of heat exchanging medium flow passageways therein, and each of the plurality of tubes including lateral sides that are aligned with respective lateral sides of one of the plurality of battery cells, each one of the plurality of tubes corresponds to a respective battery cell, at least one of the lateral sides of each of the plurality of tubes contacts at least one of lateral sides of another tube adjacent thereto;
- a member accommodating the plurality of tubes therein;
- and
- a filler covering the plurality of tubes and the member, the filler being arranged between the plurality of battery cells and the plurality of tubes, wherein:
- each of the plurality of tubes includes an upper surface having a first area and facing a bottom surface of a respective battery cell, the bottom surface having a second area, the first area substantially equals the second area, and the bottom surface of the respective battery cell is superimposed on the area of the upper surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.