Battery assembly
First Claim
1. A battery assembly, comprising:
- a first battery frame assembly having a first plastic frame member and a first thermally conductive plate;
the first plastic frame member having a first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall and a first plurality of cross-members;
the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall having first, second, third and fourth wall portions defining a first central space, the first plurality of cross-members extending between the first and second wall portions and extending across the first central space, the first plurality of cross-members defining a first plurality of open spaces therebetween in the first central space;
the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall further having a first plurality of channels extending into the first wall portion proximate to the first plurality of open spaces, and a second plurality of channels extending into the second wall portion proximate to the first plurality of open spaces;
the first thermally conductive plate having first, second, third and fourth peripheral edges being disposed and encapsulated within the first, second, third and fourth wall portions, respectively, of the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall, the first thermally conductive plate having first and second sides, the first plurality of cross-members being disposed directly on an contacting the first side of the first thermally conductive plate, the first thermally conductive plate further having exposed portions on the first side thereof disposed in the first plurality of open spaces configured to contact air flowing through the first plurality of channels and past the first side of the first thermally conductive plate and through the second plurality of channels to extract heat energy from the first thermally conductive plate;
a first battery cell being disposed directly on and contacting the second side of the first thermally conductive plate;
a second battery cell being disposed directly on and contacting the first battery cell;
a second battery frame assembly being coupled to the first battery frame assembly such that the first and second battery cells are disposed between the first and second battery frame assemblies, the second battery frame assembly having a second plastic frame member and a second thermally conductive plate, the second thermally conductive plate having first, second, third and fourth peripheral edges disposed and encapsulated within the second plastic frame member, the second thermally conductive plate having first and second sides, the first side of the second thermally conductive plate being disposed directly on and contacting the second battery cell such that the first and second battery cells are disposed directly between the first and second thermally conductive plates; and
a second plurality of cross-members of the second plastic frame member being disposed directly on and contacting the second side of the second thermally conductive plate.
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Abstract
A battery assembly includes a first battery frame assembly having a first plastic frame member and a first thermally conductive plate. The first plastic frame member has a rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall and a plurality of cross-members. The battery assembly further includes a first thermally conductive plate having peripheral edges encapsulated within the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall. The plate further includes exposed portions configured to contact air passing through a first plurality of channels in the peripheral wall and past the first thermally conductive plate and through a second plurality of channels in the peripheral wall. The battery assembly further includes a first battery cell configured to contact the first thermally conductive plate.
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Citations
14 Claims
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1. A battery assembly, comprising:
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a first battery frame assembly having a first plastic frame member and a first thermally conductive plate; the first plastic frame member having a first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall and a first plurality of cross-members;
the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall having first, second, third and fourth wall portions defining a first central space, the first plurality of cross-members extending between the first and second wall portions and extending across the first central space, the first plurality of cross-members defining a first plurality of open spaces therebetween in the first central space;
the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall further having a first plurality of channels extending into the first wall portion proximate to the first plurality of open spaces, and a second plurality of channels extending into the second wall portion proximate to the first plurality of open spaces;the first thermally conductive plate having first, second, third and fourth peripheral edges being disposed and encapsulated within the first, second, third and fourth wall portions, respectively, of the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall, the first thermally conductive plate having first and second sides, the first plurality of cross-members being disposed directly on an contacting the first side of the first thermally conductive plate, the first thermally conductive plate further having exposed portions on the first side thereof disposed in the first plurality of open spaces configured to contact air flowing through the first plurality of channels and past the first side of the first thermally conductive plate and through the second plurality of channels to extract heat energy from the first thermally conductive plate; a first battery cell being disposed directly on and contacting the second side of the first thermally conductive plate; a second battery cell being disposed directly on and contacting the first battery cell; a second battery frame assembly being coupled to the first battery frame assembly such that the first and second battery cells are disposed between the first and second battery frame assemblies, the second battery frame assembly having a second plastic frame member and a second thermally conductive plate, the second thermally conductive plate having first, second, third and fourth peripheral edges disposed and encapsulated within the second plastic frame member, the second thermally conductive plate having first and second sides, the first side of the second thermally conductive plate being disposed directly on and contacting the second battery cell such that the first and second battery cells are disposed directly between the first and second thermally conductive plates; and a second plurality of cross-members of the second plastic frame member being disposed directly on and contacting the second side of the second thermally conductive plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A battery assembly, comprising:
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a first battery frame assembly having a first plastic frame member and a first thermally conductive plate; the first plastic frame member having a first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall;
the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall having first, second, third and fourth wall portions defining a first central space;the first thermally conductive plate having first, second, third and fourth peripheral edges being disposed and encapsulated within the first, second, third and fourth wall portions, respectively, of the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall, the first thermally conductive plate having first and second sides, the first thermally conductive plate further having an exposed portion on the first side thereof disposed in the first central space of the first substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall configured to contact air flowing past the first side of the first thermally conductive plate to extract heat energy from the first thermally conductive plate; a first battery cell being disposed on and directly contacting the second side of the first thermally conductive plate; a second battery cell being disposed on and directly contacting the first battery cell; and a second battery frame assembly being coupled to the first battery frame assembly such that the first and second battery cells are disposed between the first and second battery frame assemblies;
the second battery frame assembly having a second plastic frame member and a second thermally conductive plate;the second plastic frame member having a second substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall;
the second substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall having first, second, third and fourth wall portions defining a second central space;the second thermally conductive plate having first, second, third and fourth peripheral edges being disposed and encapsulated within the first, second, third and fourth wall portions, respectively, of the second substantially rectangular ring-shaped peripheral wall, the second thermally conductive plate having first and second sides, the first side of the second thermally conductive plate being disposed on and directly contacting the second battery cell such that the first and second battery cells are disposed directly between the first and second thermally conductive plates. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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