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Heated/cooled battery

  • US 5,356,735 A
  • Filed: 05/10/1993
  • Issued: 10/18/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a multicell, electric storage battery comprising a monobloc container having bottom, end and side walls defining a plurality of cell compartments, a cover for said container, a plurality of galvanic cell elements each housed in a separate cell compartment within said container, and an electrically nonconductive intercell partition engaging said side and bottom walls for separating one said cell compartment from the next, the improvement wherein said partition comprises first and second external faces on opposite sides thereof each of said faces confronting a one of said elements in an adjacent cell compartment, at least one liquid flow passage formed in said partition interjacent said faces, inlet means at one end of said passage for supplying liquid to said passage, outlet means at the other end of said passage for exhausting said liquid from said passage, and conduit means connected to said inlet and said outlet means for respectfully supplying and removing said liquid from said passage, whereby liquids can be circulated through said passages to add heat to or extract heat from within the innards of said battery directly through said faces.

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