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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Zenner, Dueren, DE;
Mazen Hammoud, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel Benjamin Kok, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/659 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01); H01M 10/654 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/615 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/663 (2014.01); H01M 10/637 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/659 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); H01M 10/654 (2015.04); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/615 (2015.04);
Abstract
A system and method for heating or cooling a battery include a controller and a tempering circuit containing an auxiliary medium configured to exchange heat with a container having a latent heat storage medium, and a vehicle traction battery, a pump configured to circulate the auxiliary medium, and an activation device having a sealing element moveable to selectively expose a nucleation surface to the latent heat storage medium to trigger a phase change process and exchange heat with the auxiliary medium.