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  • BATTERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130302660
    Abstract: A battery system includes a secondary battery and a bypass circuit provided with a semiconductor switch element, and the secondary battery and the bypass circuit are connected parallely. In this battery system, the semiconductor switch element is attached so as to radiate heat to a surface of a battery outer case of the secondary battery or to a bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Takeyuki Shiraishi, Hiroaki Yoshida
  • BATTERY PACK
    Publication number: 20110151301
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules each comprising a plurality of battery cells; and a heat absorber mounted adjacent to at least one of the battery modules, wherein the heat absorber includes a phase change material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Tae-Yong Kim
  • RECHARGEABLE BATTERY INCLUDING BATTERY CELL SEPARATORS
    Publication number: 20140242435
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery comprises a plurality of individual sealed battery cells, and dielectric separators between the battery cells for creating thermal barriers between opposing surfaces of the battery cells. The dielectric separators are made of a fiber composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Kevin S. Callahan
  • Battery module that includes liquid battery module and solid battery module
    Patent number: 11189879
    Abstract: A battery module includes a first liquid battery module and a first solid battery module. The first solid-state battery module has a larger volume than a volume of the first liquid battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Tsutsui
  • Battery module
    Publication number: 20090123819
    Abstract: A battery module for cooling unit batteries by a thermal conductivity method is disclosed. The battery module includes a plurality of unit batteries, a heat sink provided between the unit batteries, and an evaporator connected to the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-Yong Kim
  • BATTERY
    Publication number: 20120171528
    Abstract: A battery is provided, comprising: a battery housing having at least one opening end; a battery cover sealing the at least one opening end; an electric core received in the battery housing, which comprises at least one heat-conducting tube having at least an end penetrating through the battery cover; and an electrolyte filled in a space formed by the battery housing with the battery cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Jianguo LIU, Zhiwei Tong
  • BATTERY PACK
    Publication number: 20110097614
    Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of battery units with improved insulating and cooling properties between the battery units is provided. In one embodiment, a battery unit includes a battery cell and an insulating wall including a plurality of protrusions contacting the battery cell. The protrusions extend at least partly between opposite edges of the insulating wall and define space between the battery cell and regions between the protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventor: Myung-Chul Kim
  • Drive Battery Arrangement and Motor Vehicle Having a Drive Battery Arrangement
    Publication number: 20130228387
    Abstract: A vehicle drive battery arrangement, having: two sets of battery cells with a fan device configured therebetween, positioned behind a vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventor: Marc Lucas
  • Battery pack
    Publication number: 20110189522
    Abstract: A battery pack including one or more battery modules, each battery module including one or more battery cells; a cover for accommodating the one or more battery modules, and a circulative fluid channel through which a cooling fluid flows, the circulative fluid channel being associated with the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Tae-Yong Kim
  • BATTERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130307483
    Abstract: A battery system includes a battery having a battery case and a resistor provided on at least one of surfaces of the battery case, and the resistor is made of a material having specific resistance not more than 10×10?8 [?·m, 0° C.].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yoshida
  • Battery pack
    Patent number: 9818992
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, each of the battery cells extending in a lengthwise direction between a first end and a second end; and a battery case accommodating the plurality of battery cells, wherein the battery case includes a holder unit protruding in the lengthwise direction of the plurality of battery cells and fixing the plurality of battery cells within the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Soomin Ahn
  • Battery pack
    Publication number: 20110305935
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells including a plurality of terminals, and a cooling member including a plurality of contact portions contacting the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventor: Ji-Hyoung Yoon
  • VEHICLE BATTERY UNIT
    Publication number: 20140315064
    Abstract: A battery unit includes a battery and a battery case which accommodates the battery and which is disposed underneath a floor panel FP, and cooling air is introduced from an air intake port to cool the battery. In the battery case, a cooling space C which communicates with the air intake port is formed separately from a battery accommodation space M which accommodates the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Goichi Katayama, Koichi Yamamoto, Yasuaki Hotozuka
  • Battery pack having batteries in a porous medium
    Publication number: 20090280400
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a porous medium positioned in a case. The porous medium hold several batteries. The battery pack also includes terminals for accessing power from the batteries held by the porous medium. The terminals are accessible from outside of the case. The battery pack also includes a flame retardant absorbed into pores of the porous medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Hisashi Tsukamoto
  • Minimizing And Stabilizing Cell Temperature Gradient In A Battery Pack
    Publication number: 20120177968
    Abstract: A system includes a first battery cell, a second battery cell, and thermally conductive material that couples to the battery cells. In turn, the thermally conductive material dissipates heat between the first battery cell and the second battery cell, thus reducing a temperature differential between the first battery cell and the second battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Joseph Anthony Holung, Tin-Lup Wong
  • BATTERY CLAMPING DEVICE, BATTERY HEATING DEVICE, BATTERY DRYING DEVICE, BATTERY COOLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BATTERY
    Publication number: 20140356659
    Abstract: A battery clamping device includes: interposition member configured to be interposed between rectangular parallelepiped batteries such that interposition member is stacked with a plurality of the batteries alternately; clamping portion configured to clamp by pressing the stacked batteries and interposition member in a stacking direction of the batteries and the interposition member from outside in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyasu KADO
  • BATTERY ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20110151300
    Abstract: A battery module includes first, second, and third stacked battery cells, the second battery cell being arranged between the first battery cell and the third battery cell. The battery module further includes a first heat transfer layer arranged between the first battery cell and the second battery cell and a second heat transfer layer arranged between the second battery cell and the third battery cell. The battery module may further include a fluid conduit coupled to the first heat transfer layer and the second heat transfer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: MANFRED HERRMANN
  • Frame System for Battery Cells and Battery Module
    Publication number: 20130189559
    Abstract: A quadrangular frame system for accommodating at least one battery cell and a battery module with the quadrangular frame system. The frame system is characterized by good force transmission, inexpensive production and simple fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Peter Giere
  • Battery life extender
    Patent number: 4840855
    Abstract: A battery life extender is provided and consists of a housing disposed around the battery with terminals of the battery extending through top of the housing so that battery clamps can be attached thereto and structure for stabilizing temperature of the battery within the housing during hot and cold weather conditions so as to extend operating life of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Inventors: Michael Foti, James Embry
  • BATTERY PACK WITH EXTENDED OPERATING TEMPERATURE RANGE
    Publication number: 20100236853
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules mounted within a casing. A liquid heat exchanger and at least one fan are both mounted at a position within the casing such that they are intermediate the plurality of battery modules. An electronic driveline incorporating a battery pack, and a method of operating a battery pack are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Dennis Kramer