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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:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Vincent Hellmann, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jianmin Zhu, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 ;
Abstract
A battery system including at least one battery cell having an interior and having at least one exterior surface is provided with at least one cooling plate that is positioned in engagement with the exterior surface for absorbing heat from the interior of the battery cell. A cooling tube is thermally coupled to the cooling plate for absorbing heat from the cooling plate.