Modine Manufacturing Company

Johnson Controls Advanced Power Solutions Gmbh

Richard Mark De Keuster

Lawrence W Gabbey

Robert J Mack

Jason Daniel Fuhr

Gary P Houchin-Miller

Kem M Obasih

Jeffrey Alan Logic

Donald Lightner

Gregory DaPra

Richard J Trapp

Dhavalkumar Patel

Thomas M Shields

Michael J Swee

Thomas J Thielen

Noorulhaq Pandit

Dhaval Patel

A battery module includes a plurality of electrochemical cells and a structure including an upper portion configured to support a bottom portion of each of the plurality of electrochemical cells and a lower portion coupled to the upper portion. The lower portion includes a thermal management feature having at least one passage provided therein. The passage is configured for a thermal management fluid to pass therethrough to provide thermal management to the electrochemical cells of the battery module.

Battery module having a cell tray with thermal management features

An elongate manifold construction ( ) having an longitudinal axis ( ) is provided for use in a heat exchanger ( ) having a plurality of tubes ( ). The manifold construction ( ) includes an elongated tank piece ( ) and an elongated header piece ( ). A plurality of embossed beads ( ) having openings ( ) therein that are engaged by tabs ( ) spaced along the longitudinal axis ( ) to maintain the tank and header pieces ( ) in proper alignment with each other so as to obtain a suitable bond joint therebetween during a bonding operation.

Manifold for heat exchanger

Ease of service is provided in an integrated condenser (,) and receiver (,) including two nonhorizontal headers (,), a plurality of tubes (,) extending between the headers (,) to establish a plurality of hydraulically parallel flow pads between the headers (,); at least one partition (,) in each of the headers for causing refrigerant to make at least two passes, including an upstream pass and a downstream pass, through the condenser (,); and an elongated receiver (,) mounted on one of the headers (,). The elongated receiver (,) includes an interior chamber (,), an upper inlet (,) connected to a downstream side of the upstream pass for the flow of refrigerant form the upstream pass to the interior chamber (,), a lower liquid outlet (,) connected to an upstream side of the downstream pass for the flow of liquid refrigerant from the interior chamber (,) to the downstream pass, and a port (,) to allow access to interior chamber (,) for servicing the receiver (,). The port (,) includes a first nominally cylindrical interior surface (,), a second nominally cylindrical interior surface (,) spaced axially and radially outward from the first cylindrical interior surface (,), and a radially inwardly facing annular groove (,) in the second cylindrical surface (,). A plug (,) is provided and includes a nominally cylindrical exterior surface (,) and a radially outwardly facing annular groove (,) in the exterior surface mounting an annular seal (,). The plug (,) is removably received in the port (,) with the seal (,) mating with the first cylindrical surface (,) of the port (,). A retaining ring (,) is removably received in the annular groove (,) of the port (,) to releaseably retain the plug (,) in1 the port (,).

Integrated parallel flow condenser receiver assembly

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Racine, WI, United States of America

Richard Mark De Keuster