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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert John Melichar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/050 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/050 ;
Abstract
A battery assembly including a generally hollow housing and several batteries which are disposed within the interior cavity of the housing Particularly, the batteries reside upon the axis and partition the cavity into a first tapered region and a second expanding portion effective to cause the speed of the air flowing through the cavity to be substantially constant as the air passes the surface of the batteries