High-temperature battery
First Claim
1. High temperature battery for the power supply of electrically powered vehicles and the like, containing battery cells designed in the shape of a bar said battery including a thermally insulated housing and a cooling system including a cooling body inside said housing through which coolant flows, said cooling body comprising:
- a plurality of parallelly arranged plate shaped cooling body elements in the form of hollow bodies through which coolant flows, said cooling body elements being spaced from one another to form battery accommodating spaces,a coolant inlet connecting element at one side of the cooling body,a coolant outlet connecting element at said one side of the cooling body,at least one coolant inlet opening on a narrow side of each cooling body element which faces said one side of the cooling body,at least one coolant outlet opening on said narrow side of each cooling body element which faces said one side of the cooling body,an inlet funnel connecting the coolant inlet connecting element with the coolant inlet openings of the cooling body elements, said inlet funnel widening in a coolant flow downstream direction in a cooling body breadth direction, andan outlet funnel connecting the coolant outlet connecting element with the coolant outlet openings of the cooling body elements, said outlet funnel narrowing in a coolant flow downstream direction in the cooling body breadth direction.
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Abstract
A high-temperature battery for the power supply of electrically powered vehicles is disclosed which has a thermally insulating housing and a cooling system with a cooling body which is arranged inside the thermally insulating housing. Air or other fluid coolant flows through the cooling body and is supplied through an insulating wall of the housing solely by means of coolant inlet and air outlet connecting elements arranged on the housing. The cooling body is formed by a parallel arrangement of plate-shaped cooling-body elements through which coolant flows and which are designed as hollow bodies. The bar-shaped battery cells are arranged in the space between the cooling-body elements. The coolant inlet and outlet are arranged at one side of the housing and are connected to inlet and outlet openings of the cooling-body elements so as to provide optimum cross-flow cooling power on the battery cells. Coolant in the form of air or oil can be used according to preferred embodiments.
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15 Claims
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1. High temperature battery for the power supply of electrically powered vehicles and the like, containing battery cells designed in the shape of a bar said battery including a thermally insulated housing and a cooling system including a cooling body inside said housing through which coolant flows, said cooling body comprising:
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a plurality of parallelly arranged plate shaped cooling body elements in the form of hollow bodies through which coolant flows, said cooling body elements being spaced from one another to form battery accommodating spaces, a coolant inlet connecting element at one side of the cooling body, a coolant outlet connecting element at said one side of the cooling body, at least one coolant inlet opening on a narrow side of each cooling body element which faces said one side of the cooling body, at least one coolant outlet opening on said narrow side of each cooling body element which faces said one side of the cooling body, an inlet funnel connecting the coolant inlet connecting element with the coolant inlet openings of the cooling body elements, said inlet funnel widening in a coolant flow downstream direction in a cooling body breadth direction, and an outlet funnel connecting the coolant outlet connecting element with the coolant outlet openings of the cooling body elements, said outlet funnel narrowing in a coolant flow downstream direction in the cooling body breadth direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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