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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Axel Heise, Mainz, DE;
Inventor:
Axel Heise, Mainz, DE;
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/12 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 6/50 (2006.01); H01M 10/65 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/5004 (2013.01); H01M 10/5057 (2013.01); H01M 10/5053 (2013.01); H01M 10/5032 (2013.01); H01M 10/5046 (2013.01); H01M 10/5075 (2013.01); H01M 6/5038 (2013.01); H01M 10/5034 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery module is described. The battery module includes a plurality of cooling fins having an inlet section, a center section, and an outlet section, the inlet and outlet sections extending from opposite ends of the center section at an angle from a plane defined by the center section, the cooling fins having at least one cooling channel extending from an inlet of the inlet section through the center section to an outlet of the outlet section; and a plurality of battery cells positioned in the center section between the plurality of cooling fins. A method of cooling a battery module is also described.