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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Nio Usa, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Austin Newman, San Jose, CA (US);
Joshua Smith, Los Gatos, CA (US);
NIO USA, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A battery module has a lower housing and an upper housing. The lower housing has a plurality of generally vertical sidewalls defining a space for receiving a plurality of battery cells and a generally horizontal bottom wall. The plurality of sidewalls include a first sidewall. The lower housing further has a cooling plate integrally formed with the lower housing. The cooling plate has a support wall extending generally parallel to the bottom wall for supporting the plurality of battery cells, a plurality of generally vertical channel walls including a first channel wall, and a cooling channel for receiving a coolant fluid therein. At least a portion of the cooling channel is defined at sides thereof by the first sidewall and the first channel wall. The upper housing covers a top opening of the lower housing to form an enclosure for the plurality of battery cells.