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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2012
Applicants:

Vincent George Johnston, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Curt Raymond O'donnell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Wulfer Adrijan DE Bruijn, Redwood City, CA (US);

Marco Elkenkamp, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vincent George Johnston, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);

Curt Raymond O'Donnell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Wulfer Adrijan de Bruijn, Redwood City, CA (US);

Marco Elkenkamp, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

TESLA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 49/00 (2006.01); F25D 3/00 (2006.01); F25D 31/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/14 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60H 1/00385 (2013.01); B60H 1/143 (2013.01); B60H 1/323 (2013.01); B60H 2001/00307 (2013.01);
Abstract

A thermal management system and method of use are provided, the system including a heat exchanger, a refrigeration system, a coolant loop thermally coupled to the heat exchanger, and a by-pass valve that regulates the amount of coolant within the coolant loop that either passes through the heat exchanger or is diverted away from the heat exchanger. The coolant loop is thermally coupled to the battery pack of an electric vehicle.


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