Constellium Singen Gmbh

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Constellium Automotive USA, LLC

Weiling Wang

Yuyang Song

Kai Schwarz

Nicolas Gorse

John Peter Biel, Jr

John Peter Biel Jr

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to securing cargo in a cargo area of a vehicle using inflatable panels. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring sensor data about a cargo area of a vehicle from at least one sensor, identifying a presence and a location of an item in the cargo area according to the sensor data, and inflating an inflatable panel to secure the item in the cargo area.

Systems and methods for securing cargo using inflatable panels

An object of the invention is a thermal management device () for a battery, including an extruded plate (). The extruded plate () comprises a first channel () and a second channel (), configured to allow a flow of a coolant. The extruded plate () also includes at least one encapsulation cavity (), intended to be filled by a Phase Change Material. The first channel, the second channel and the encapsulation cavity extend between a front face () and a rear face () of the extruded plate (). The device comprises an inlet/outlet cap (), connected to the front face () and a diverting cap ('), connected to the rear face (). Both caps provide plugs of each encapsulation cavity. The diverting cap forms a connecting channel (), connecting the first channel () to the second channel ().

Thermal management device for battery

A battery box, supporting structure and insuring thermal management of one or more battery cells allowing a temperature control of said battery cells environment to insure its optimal operational condition, the battery box comprises at least one aluminum hollow profile, wherein said aluminium hollow profile comprises at least two chambers, wherein at least one chamber is filled with a first phase change material having a melting point Tand at least one chamber is filled with a second phase change material having a melting point T, where T&#x3e;T.

Battery box for automotive battery temperature management

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