Abstract: A battery module includes a housing. The battery module also includes a plurality of electrochemical cells disposed adjacent to each other and received within the housing. The battery module further includes an inner cover disposed between the housing and the plurality of electrochemical cells. The inner cover includes a top surface facing the housing and a bottom surface facing the plurality of electrochemical cells. The inner cover also includes a plurality of fluid channels defined on the bottom surface and extending along a length of the inner cover. Each of the plurality of channels is configured to receive a fluid. The inner cover further includes a plurality of grooves defined on the top surface and extending along the length of the inner cover. Each of the plurality of grooves is configured to receive one or more electrical components.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to battery modules for a propulsion battery system of an electrical or hybrid-electrical vehicle, in particular to busbars having surfaces or a mesh of wires for contacting a cooling fluid to provide a larger contact area between the busbar and the cooling liquid. The present disclosure also relates to a battery system having such battery modules and to an electrical or hybrid-electrical vehicle having such a battery system.

Abstract: A battery module includes a housing defining a longitudinal direction along a length of the housing. The battery module also includes a plurality of electrochemical cells received within the housing. The battery module further includes a first inlet configured to receive a first flow of fluid. The battery module includes at least one first flow channel in fluid communication with the first inlet and extending along the longitudinal direction of the housing. The battery module includes a first outlet in fluid communication with the at least one first flow channel. The battery module further includes a second inlet configured to receive a second flow of fluid. The battery module includes at least one second flow channel in fluid communication with the second inlet and extending along the longitudinal direction of the housing. The battery module includes a second outlet in fluid communication with the at least one second flow channel.

Abstract: Battery module for a propulsion battery system of an electrical vehicle, comprising a plurality of battery cells, arranged in a cooling volume for containing a cooling fluid for cooling the battery cells, and a plurality of wall elements defining the cooling volume. One of the wall elements (33) comprises an inner surface (110), oriented towards one of the battery cells, for contacting the cooling fluid, and an outer surface forming an exterior surface of the battery module. The inner surface is shaped to define a plurality of grooves (130) or a plurality of ridges for increasing the contact surface between the wall element and the cooling fluid, and for directing the flow of the cooling fluid in the cooling volume.

Abstract: An electric energy storage device for an electric vehicle, which storage device including at least one battery module having a plurality of especially flat and substantially plate-shaped battery cells which are electrically connected to one another and which are arranged next to one another or one above the other between at least two pressure plates in at least one stack. At least one battery cell and/or the battery module is surrounded by a plastic structure.

Abstract: An electric energy storage device for an electric vehicle, which storage device including at least one battery module having a plurality of especially flat and substantially plate-shaped battery cells which are electrically connected to one another and which are arranged next to one another or one above the other between at least two pressure plates in at least one stack. At least one battery cell and/or the battery module is surrounded by a plastic structure.

Abstract: An electrical energy accumulator and a method for manufacturing an electrical energy accumulator. Such an electrical energy accumulator, in particular, for an electric vehicle, has a plurality of battery cells which are electrically connected to one another. The battery cells are, in particular, flat and essentially plate-shaped, and are arranged in at least one stack adjacent to one another or one on top of another. The cell poles of at least two battery cells which are electrically interconnected to one another are connected to one another by at least one cell connector. At least one cell pole and at least one cell connector are connected to one another in particular by way of a clinching connection.

Abstract: An electrical energy storage device for motor vehicles. The electrical energy storage device includes at least one battery module with a plurality of individual cells which are arranged in a stack between two outer end plates. At least one individual cell is arranged in an individual module.

Abstract: An intake manifolding for an internal combustion engine in which the swirl of at least one intake charge flowing into a combustion chamber through at least one intake port opening is variable, the intake port opening being controlled by an intake valve and at least one intake valve comprising at least two intake flow paths formed by intake passages that are completely independent of one another, said flow paths rejoining in the region of the valve chamber, at least one of the intake passages being configured as a primary passage and at least one intake passage as a secondary passage, the flow through the secondary passage being variable by means of a control facility and the secondary passage being configured as a neutral or tangential passage, the primary passage being configured as a tangential passage defining a flow stalling edge at the intersection between a first entrance cross-section and the intake port opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to an intake manifolding for an internal combustion engine in which the swirl of at least one intake charge flowing into a combustion chamber through at least one intake port opening is variable, the intake port opening being controlled by an intake valve and at least one intake valve comprising at least two intake flow paths formed by intake passages that are completely independent of one another, said flow paths rejoining in the region of the valve chamber, at least one of the intake passages being configured as a primary passage and at least one intake passage as a secondary passage, the flow through the secondary passage being variable by means of a control facility and the secondary passage being configured as a neutral or tangential passage.

Abstract: An intake port configuration (1) for an internal combustion engine wherein the swirl (D) of at least one intake flow entering the combustion chamber via an intake port controlled by an intake valve (5) can be varied, two or more flow paths are associated with at least one intake port, which paths join in the valve region (4), and the flow rate (Q) in at least one of the two flow paths is variable by means of a control element (9), and the two flow paths are constituted by two completely separate intake passages, i.e., a primary passage (2) and a secondary passage (3), the primary passage (2) having a helical form. In order to obtain a high flow rate (Q) at a high swirl level in addition to a wide range over which the swirl D may be varied, the intake valve axis (5a) intersects or is tangent to the secondary passage (3) at least at one point.