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Method for automotive battery cooling

  • US 9,877,409 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2015
  • Issued: 01/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of cooling a battery array, the method comprising:

  • providing a plurality of heat pipes, each heat pipe of the plurality of heat pipes comprising a low-profile extrusion having a plurality of hollow tubes formed within the low-profile extrusion, each heat pipe of the plurality of heat pipes comprising an evaporator portion and a condenser portion;

    placing the evaporator portion between successive batteries within the battery array;

    arranging each heat pipe of the plurality of heat pipes to maximize thermal exposure of the evaporator portion to the successive batteries;

    conducting heat into the evaporator portion of the plurality of heat pipes from the battery array; and

    discharging the heat from the condenser portion of the plurality of heat pipes to a heat sink.

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