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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.

Patent No.:

US 10899248 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2019

Assembly and method for cooling a traction battery of a vehicle using at least one cooling rib

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Zenner, Dueren, DE;

Daniel Kok, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Caroline Born, Cologne, DE;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

David Kelley, Esq.

Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Hau V Phan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/66 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 58/26 (2019.02); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 10/66 (2015.04); B60K 2001/005 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0433 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03328 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03427 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03486 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/05 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to an assembly that cools a traction battery of a vehicle, in particular a hybrid electric vehicle. The assembly can include at least one fuel tank and at least one traction battery that is arranged outside the fuel tank and is thermally connected to the fuel tank. The assembly can further include at least one cooling rib that is arranged inside the fuel tank. The cooling rib can be thermally connected to a connection portion of the fuel tank, which is thermally connected to the traction battery and is constructed in such a manner that it extends almost completely or completely as far as a base wall portion of the fuel tank. The fuel tank can be arranged to be lower than the connection portion.

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