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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Eugene Waters, Fishers, IN (US);
Andrew Borme, Carmel, IN (US);
Cynthia Lee Conner, Pendleton, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ; H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 71 ; 429 99 ; 429120 ; 180 685 ;
Abstract
A battery pack for easy access to, and uniform cooling/heating of, the individual battery modules thereof. The pack comprises stackable housing parts (i.e., top and bottom) housing multiple tiers of battery modules supported by underlying trays having openings/holes therein aligned with gaps/spaces between adjacent battery modules through which cooling/heating air is uniformly flowed in parallel between the modules from an underlying plenum. The battery modules are compressively immobilized in the housing by resilient foam pads which bear down on the tops of the modules.