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Patent No.:

US 10744902 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2015

Cooling device for battery including an intake air temperature sensor

Applicant:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Kiyohito Machida, Aichi-ken, JP;

Nobuyuki Tanaka, Toyota, JP;

Teruo Ishishita, Miyoshi, JP;

Keiichi Minamiura, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Richard Isla

Assistant Examiner:

Manuel Hernandez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/26 (2019.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/6563 (2014.01); B60L 3/04 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01M 10/633 (2014.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60H 1/00278 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 3/00 (2013.01); B60L 3/04 (2013.01); B60L 11/1874 (2013.01); B60L 58/24 (2019.02); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/633 (2015.04); H01M 10/6563 (2015.04); B60H 2001/003 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); Y02T 10/705 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A cooling device for a battery that is mounted in a vehicle includes: a cooling fan that is configured to suck air in a vehicle interior, and to blow the sucked air to the battery; an intake air temperature sensor that is configured to detect a temperature of the air sucked by the cooling fan; and an electronic control unit that is configured (i) to control the cooling fan, and (ii) to prohibit the cooling fan from being operated when a detected value of the intake air temperature sensor is lower than a first temperature.

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