Battery pack with embedded heaters
AssigneeX Development LLC
InventorMatthew A. Nubbe
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Abstract
A heat battery pack system includes a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells electrically interconnected to each other, a binding coupled to mechanically hold the battery cells physically together, and a heater system coupled to the battery pack to heat the battery cells. The heater system includes a heating element interweaved between the battery cells of the battery pack and a heating controller electrically coupled to the heating element to drive current through the heating element and provide heat to the battery cells of the battery pack. The weaving of the heating element between the battery cells provides fixed mechanical support to the heating element.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells electrically interconnected to each other;
- a binding coupled to mechanically hold the battery cells physically together;
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- a heater system coupled to the battery pack to heat the battery cells, the heater system including:
- a heating element interweaved between the battery cells of the battery pack, wherein the weaving of the heating element between the battery cells provides mechanical support to the heating element, wherein the heating element is wrapped multiple times around one or more of the battery cells;
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- a heating controller electrically coupled to the heating element to drive current through the heating element and provide heat to the battery cells of the battery pack, wherein the heating element comprises a resistive wire that heats in response to the current from the heating controller.
A heated battery pack system, comprising:
- a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells electrically interconnected to each other;
- a binding coupled to mechanically hold the battery cells physically together;
- and
- a heater system coupled to the battery pack to heat the battery cells, the heater system including:
- a heating element interweaved between the battery cells of the battery pack, wherein the weaving of the heating element between the battery cells provides fixed mechanical support to the heating element, wherein the heating element is wrapped multiple times around one or more of the battery cells;
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- a heating controller electrically coupled to the heating element to drive current through the heating element and provide heat to the battery cells of the battery pack, wherein the heating element comprises a resistive wire that heats in response to the current from the heating controller,
- wherein the heating element does not have an independent mechanical support from the battery cells or the binding to hold the heating element interwoven between the battery cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.