Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Stephen L Gross

Randall S Champagne

Leo Francis Schwab

Randy C Curtis

Duane D Kruger

A vehicle battery coolant system includes a first battery module including a first plurality of cells and a second battery module including a second plurality of cells. A coolant plate is disposed between the first and second battery modules and in heat transfer relationship with the first and second battery modules, wherein the coolant plate has fluid passages therein.

Dual-sided propulsion battery coolant system

An automotive battery pack enclosure, assembly and method of housing battery pack cells within an enclosure. The enclosure includes a tray that defines a mounting surface for the various individual battery cells, as well as an upstanding wall, while the assembly further includes numerous individual battery cells aligned along a stacking axis within the enclosure. The wall is made from a continuous extruded preform with periodically-spaced miters that permit bending such that the wall can assume any shape defined by the various panels. The panels cooperative with the peripheral edges of the tray to define a battery container with a footprint shape generally similar to that of the tray. By being formed from a substantially one-piece preform, all of the corners&#x2014;save the one formed where wall ends are brought into adjacent cooperation with one another&#x2014;define a continuous structural seal without the need for sealants, welds or other supplemental closure approaches.

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Sterling Heights, MI, United States of America

Stephen L Gross