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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Chih-cheng Hsu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Herman K. Phlegm, Oak Park, MI (US);
Inventors:
Chih-Cheng Hsu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Herman K. Phlegm, Oak Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/50 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/5004 (2013.01); H01M 10/5032 (2013.01); H01M 10/5046 (2013.01); H01M 10/5075 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery module is described. The battery module includes the battery module includes a plurality of repeating frames; a plurality of battery cells positioned between the plurality of repeating frames, the battery cells having a flexible heat conducting covering, an edge of the heat conducting covering folded over an outside edge of the repeating frame; and a heat sink contacting the edge of the heat conducting covering folded over the edge of the repeating frame. A method of cooling a battery module is also described.