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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187739 | Power storage apparatus and cooling system To provide a power storage apparatus which can achieve improved heat radiation of a power storage unit, a power storage apparatus has a power storage unit including an electrode element placed with an electrolyte layer, and a case housing the power storage unit and ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8163419 | Battery pack A battery pack comprises a plurality of battery modules and a holding spacer which holds the battery module. A plurality of projections are provided on the holding spacer. The projections contact the battery module to hold the battery module and form a flow path for... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8153290 | Heat dissipation for large battery packs One embodiment includes an electrical cell that includes a flat housing, at least one electrode and an electrically and heat conductive tab coupled to the electrode and extending through the housing for electrically and thermally coupling to a collector panel, the t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153291 | Power supply device A plurality of cylindrical power storage bodies are immersed in a cooling liquid filled in a power supply device. The power supply device includes: rotary members that are disposed to surround the respective cylindrical power storage bodies, and that rotate to agita... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8137855 | Hot box design with a multi-stream heat exchanger and single air control A fuel cell stack module includes a plurality of fuel cell stacks, an anode tail gas oxidizer (ATO) which is located in a heat transfer relationship with the plurality of fuel cell stacks, a base supporting the plurality of fuel cell stacks and the ATO, and at least... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8129047 | Device for storing electric energy A device for storing electrical energy is provided, especially for a motor vehicle. The device includes at least one rechargeable storage cell and a cooling unit which is in thermal contact with the storage cell. The storage cell is accommodated in a retaining eleme... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124266 | Electric storage device An electric storage device is provided with a battery cell, a collector foil having a first metal plate and a second metal plate laminated together, and a voltmeter for measuring potential difference between the first metal plate and the second metal plate. The firs... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124265 | Power storage device A power storage device includes: an electrolyte layer; and an electrode consisted of a current collecting portion and an electrode layer, wherein the thickness of the electrolyte layer is larger at a first position in a plane perpendicular to the stacking direction ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114539 | Battery cartridge having elastic pressing member, and battery module containing the same Disclosed herein is a battery cartridge configured in a frame structure to mount a plate-shaped battery cell therein, the battery cartridge comprising a pair of plate-shaped frames configured to fix the outer circumference of the battery cell in a state in which at ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8097354 | Battery packs suitable for use with battery powered appliances Cooling air intake port (52), cooling air exhaust port (55), and securing walls (86, 87), which contact and secure the side surfaces of one or more battery cells (72), may be defined within two battery pack housing halves (50, 80).... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8084156 | Cooling device and power supply A cooling device including an intake duct achieving fluid communication between a vehicle interior and an inner part of a battery case, a fan unit for supplying the air via the intake duct to the inner part of the battery case, and a control device is used. The fan ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8067111 | Battery module having battery cell assembly with heat exchanger A battery module having a battery cell assembly with a heat exchanger is provided. The assembly includes a first battery cell having a first side and a second side, and a second battery cell having a first side and a second side. The first side of the second battery... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8053100 | Battery unit with cooling device A battery unit includes a module assembly, a housing that houses the module assembly, and a blower. The module assembly includes a stack of battery modules, and defines a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The blower is disposed at an ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048554 | Battery pack cooling system for vehicle Disclosed herein is a cooling system for vehicle battery packs, including a double filter device mounted at an air inlet part, through which air for cooling the battery pack is introduced from the outside and/or the inside of the vehicle. The double filter includes ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8039139 | Prismatic-cell battery pack with integral coolant passages A prismatic-cell battery pack is provided with integral coolant passages including an intake plenum, an exhaust plenum, and a distributed array of coolant channels coupled between the intake plenum and the exhaust plenum. Coolant medium forced into the intake plenum... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034473 | Storage battery air-cooling device A storage battery air-cooling device cools down, by forced air circulation, a heat generation of a storage battery mounted in a vehicle as a driving power source of the vehicle. The device includes a battery case containing the storage battery with a marginal space ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8003271 | Heat exchanger for fuel cell A heat exchanger that can mechanically automatically control a level of cooling water according to heat generation of the fuel cell. The heat exchanger includes a housing having a cooling water inlet and an outlet connected to a fuel cell stack, a moving plate which... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7998610 | Electric power source providing a battery case with an intermediary duct An electric power source containing a plurality of batteries stacked in two or more tiers in a battery case, which is provided with an intermediary duct between a first sub holder case and a second sub holder case. A first outer duct is located outside the first sub... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993772 | Battery packs suitable for use with battery powered appliances Cooling air intake port (52), cooling air exhaust port (55), and securing walls (86, 87), which contact and secure the side surfaces of one or more battery cells (72), may be defined within two battery pack housing halves (50, 80).... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989102 | Battery pack structure with heater A battery pack structure with heater including a plurality of secondary batteries, a housing case housing them, and a heater is arranged to prevent uneven heating among the secondary batteries, reducing temperature variations among the secondary batteries. Specifica... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7968223 | Secondary battery module A secondary battery module includes a plurality of unit batteries, a housing receiving the unit batteries, a cell barrier plate disposed between the unit batteries to transfer heat generated from the unit batteries, a cooling plate disposed in contact with an end of... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7955726 | Battery module of high cooling efficiency Disclosed herein is a battery module including a plurality of unit cells stacked one on another. The battery module has a cooling system that accomplishes contact type cooling by a coolant flowing through gaps (flow channels) defined between the unit cells, and the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951478 | Battery pack A battery pack includes battery modules; battery module stacked members including the stacked battery modules; a battery module group including the battery module stacked members arranged in a plane; and a lower plate arranged to hold the battery module group. The l... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7931979 | Battery system containing phase change material-containing capsules in interior configuration thereof Provided is a battery system in which an interior part of a battery structure includes particles (phase-change particles) containing materials (phase-change materials) having a high latent heat of phase change at a specific temperature, contained in a capsule made o... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7923141 | Cooling device and power supply A cooling device including an intake duct achieving fluid communication between a vehicle interior and an inner part of a battery case, a fan unit for supplying the air via the intake duct to the inner part of the battery case, and a control device is used. The fan ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7892670 | Packaging system for modular power cells A power delivery system includes a group of removable power cells. Each power cell includes a water cooled heat sink, an air intake, and an air output. The system also includes a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger draws air from the cells, cools it, and recirculates... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892671 | Device for cooling batteries of an electronically and/or hybrid powered vehicle A device for cooling batteries, particularly of an electric and/or hybrid vehicle, includes a pair of compartments (1, 12) in communication with one another, including a first compartment (1) housing the batteries distributed among adjacent columns and... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883793 | Battery module having battery cell assemblies with alignment-coupling features A battery module having battery cell assemblies with alignment-coupling features is provided. The battery module includes a first battery cell assembly having at least first, second, third and fourth alignment-coupling features thereon. The battery module further in... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7879483 | Battery packs suitable for use with battery powered appliances Cooling air intake port (52), cooling air exhaust port (55), and securing walls (86, 87), which contact and secure the side surfaces of one or more battery cells (72), may be defined within two battery pack housing halves (50, 80).... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7867647 | Hydrogen generation device and fuel cell system including same In a hydrogen generation device according to the invention, PSR reformers have a heat capacity smaller than that of the other PSR reformers. Therefore, the temperature of the catalyst reaches to a reforming-start temperature more quickly in the PSR reformers than in... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7858220 | Battery array for cooling battery modules with cooling air A battery array cools battery modules (1) by flowing cooling air through a holder case (2) housing three or more levels of battery modules (1). The holder case (2) has a pair of opposing sidewalls (4) that are closed off by an inle... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851080 | Battery cooling plate design with discrete channels One exemplary embodiment including a battery cooling plate has discrete channels. In one exemplary embodiment each of the channels has a width ranging from about 1 mm to about 5 mm. In another exemplary embodiment the battery cooling plate includes a first cooling c... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7846573 | Coolant manifold A battery assembly may include a cooling system assembly having first and second battery modules and a coolant manifold in fluid communication therewith. The first battery module may include a first coolant flow path and the second battery module may include a secon... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7811699 | Battery packs suitable for use with battery powered appliances Cooling air intake port (52), cooling air exhaust port (55), and securing walls (86, 87), which contact and secure the side surfaces of one or more battery cells (72), may be defined within two battery pack housing halves (50, 80).... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7794868 | Battery module of high cooling efficiency A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a plurality of unit cells stacked proximate to one another. The plurality of unit cells define flow channels therebetween. Each unit cell of the plurality of unit cells is longitudinally positioned at a prede... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7749647 | Method and apparatus for maintaining cell wall integrity during thermal runaway using a high yield strength outer sleeve A method and apparatus is provided in which a sleeve comprised of one or more layers of a high yield strength material surrounds the casing of a battery, the sleeve inhibiting the flow of hot, pressurized gas from within the battery through perforations formed in th... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7709137 | Electric power source The power source contains a plurality of batteries stacked in more than three tiers within a battery case divided into a first sub holder case and second sub holder case, and the first sub holder case contains the batteries in a larger number of tiers than the secon... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7678494 | Cooling structure for secondary battery The cooling structure for a secondary battery has a first center exhaust duct and a second center exhaust duct arranged on a floor between the driver seat and the front passenger seat. Each exhaust duct is located between the bottommost face of the first battery pac... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7662508 | Secondary battery module A secondary battery module includes at least more than two battery aggregates having a plurality of unit batteries continuously arranged, and a housing receiving the battery aggregates, wherein, with respect to the arrangement direction of the unit batteries, each o... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7642004 | Holder for cooling battery modules A holder for cooling battery modules that that maintains a temperature difference between plural battery modules below a specific value, reduces the number of module support parts, and ensures improvement of assembly performance and reduction of manufacturing cost b... | 01/05/2010 |
