Vehicle battery pack cooling system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsThanh D. Pham, Jesus Cardoso, David Hayes, Jason C. Marcath, Darko Acevski, Karin Lovett, Hsiao-An Hsieh
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle battery pack cooling system, including: a housing; a fan attached to the housing; a first section of the housing including a battery module selectively in fluid communication with the fan; a second section of the housing including a battery support device selectively in fluid communication with the fan; and a baffler assembly configured to control fluid communication between the fan and the first and second sections.
Claims20
A vehicle battery pack cooling system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a fan attached to the housing;
- a first section of the housing including a battery module selectively in fluid communication with the fan by selectively communicating fluid received through at least one first fluid inlet location along a fluid communication path extending from the fan to the first section;
- a second section of the housing including a battery support device selectively in fluid communication with the fan by selectively communicating fluid received through at least one second fluid inlet location along a fluid communication path extending from the fan to the second section, each at least one first fluid inlet location different than each at least one second fluid inlet location, the second section forming no portion of the fluid communication path extending from the fan to the first section;
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- a baffler assembly configured to control fluid communication between the fan and the first and second sections.
A vehicle battery pack cooling system, comprising;
- a battery pack housing having a first section to house a battery module and a second section to house a battery support device;
- a divider within the housing to block direct flow between the first section and the second section while permitting flow between a fan and the first section;
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- a baffler assembly separate and distinct from the divider and configured to control communication between the fan and the first section of a fluid drawn through at least one first housing inlet, the baffler assembly further configured to control communication between the fan and second section of a fluid drawn through at least one second housing inlet, each at least one first housing inlet different than each at least one second housing inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.