System for operating an electrical energy storage device or an electrochemical energy generation device using microchannels based on mobile device states and vehicle states

• US 8,802,266 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2009
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Enterprise Science Fund, LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Chan, Alistair K., Hyde, Roderick A., Kare, Jordin T., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Douyette, Kenneth
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, James
• Application Number:
  US12/455,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20100304250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,904 Days
• Field of Search: 429120-347
• US Class Current: 429/120
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 2260/02 having microchannels
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 11/08 Structural combinations, e.g. assembly or connection, of hybrid or EDL capacitors with other electric components, at least one hybrid or EDL capacitor being the main component
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 11/18 against thermal overloads, e.g. heating, cooling or ventilating
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/0003 Protection against electric or thermal overload; cooling arrangements; means for avoiding the formation of cathode films H01G9/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/08 Housing; Encapsulation
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/613 Cooling or keeping cold
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/615 Heating or keeping warm
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/623 Portable devices, e.g. mobile telephones, cameras or pacemakers
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/625 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/633 characterised by algorithms, flow charts, software details or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/654 located inside the innermost case of the cells, e.g. mandrels, electrodes or electrolytes
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/6551 Surfaces specially adapted for heat dissipation or radiation, e.g. fins or coatings
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/656 characterised by the type of heat-exchange fluid
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/02 Electrodes composed of, or comprising, active material
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 4/86 Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/04029 Heat exchange using liquids
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/04701 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 8/2475 Enclosures, casings or containers of fuel cell stacks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 : Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/13 : Energy storage using capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/50 : Fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 : Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

A method is generally described which includes operating an electrical energy storage device or an electrochemical energy generation device includes configuring a controller with a control algorithm to control the actions of a controllable fluid flow device as a function of states of a mobile device using the electrical energy storage device or the electrochemical energy generation device. The electrical energy storage device or the electrochemical energy generation device is configured to provide electrical current. The method also includes providing a microchannel thermal control system for the electrical energy storage device or the electrochemical energy generation device. The microchannel thermal control system is configured to alter the temperature at least portions of the electrical energy storage device or the electrochemical energy generation device. The microchannel thermal control system is configured to flow a fluid through the microchannels and the fluid to receive heat generated by the electrical energy storage device or the electrochemical energy generation device. The method further includes providing an electrical characteristic sensor coupled to the electrical energy storage device or the electrochemical energy generation device and is configured to sense at least one electrical characteristic of the electrical energy storage device or the electrochemical energy generation device and to provide a signal representative of the at least one characteristic to the controller.

Claims

1. An electrical energy storage device thermal control system, comprising:

a controllable fluid flow device coupled to a microchannel thermal control system for the electrical energy storage device, wherein the microchannel thermal control system is integrated into at least one of an anode and a cathode of the electrical energy storage device, and wherein the electrical energy storage device is configured to provide electrical current and is configured to be charged by an electrical current;

an electrical characteristic sensor coupled to the electrical energy storage device to detect an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy storage device; and

a controller that controls the controllable fluid flow device as a function of states of a handheld mobile device using the electrical energy storage device, wherein the states of the mobile device are determined by the electrical characteristic detected by the electrical characteristic sensor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device states includes processing demands.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device states includes processing speed.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device states includes processor tasks.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device states includes display brightness.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device states includes hard disk state.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device states includes hard disk speed.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device states includes hard disk usage.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device states includes wireless communication state.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device includes a computer.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device includes a mobile phone.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device includes a global positioning system (GPS) unit.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the microchannel thermal control system is etched into at least one of the anode and the cathode.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the fluid is at least partially circulated by a pump.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the electrical characteristic sensor includes a current sensor.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the electrical characteristic sensor includes a voltage sensor.