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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Hideo Shimizu, Kakogawa, JP;
Hideo Shimizu, Kakogawa, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A battery array cools battery modules () by flowing cooling air through a holder case () housing three or more levels of battery modules (). The holder case () has a pair of opposing sidewalls () that are closed off by an inlet panel () on the inlet side and an outlet panel () on the outlet side to form an enclosed chamber () that houses battery modules (). The inlet panel () has cooling air intakes () opened on both sides. The outlet panel () has an exhaust opening () at its central region to exhaust cooling air. Opposing sidewalls () have projections () between adjacent battery modules (), and the protrusion height of the inner surfaces of those projections () increases from upstream to downstream in the cooling air flow.