Patent ID: 11967688
Assignee: FARADAY & FUTURE INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An energy-storage system having parallel cooling comprising:
a plurality of modules in a battery pack, each module including:
a plurality of cells, the cells being cylindrical rechargeable cells, the cells being oriented and mounted parallel to a horizontal axis in each module;
a current carrier electrically coupled to the cells, a cathode terminal of each of the cells being coupled to a respective first contact of the current carrier, an anode terminal of each of the cells being coupled to a respective second contact of the current carrier;
a plate disposed substantially parallel to the current carrier such that the cells are disposed between the current carrier and the plate; and
an enclosure having the cells, the current carrier, and the plate disposed therein, the enclosure comprising a coolant sub-system for circulating liquid coolant flowing into the enclosure through a coolant input port and out of the enclosure through a coolant output port, the cells being disposed between the current carrier and the plate such that an exterior side of each of the cells is not in contact with the exterior sides of other cells, the coolant sub-system circulating liquid coolant in parallel among and between the cells to provide submerged, distributed cooling such that each of the cells is at approximately the same predetermined temperature;

a tray having the plurality of modules disposed therein; and
a coolant system for circulating liquid coolant flowing into the tray across the plurality of modules in parallel such that each of the modules is at approximately the same predetermined temperature,
wherein the coolant sub-system of each module receives the liquid coolant from the coolant system at an intermediate location within the module and circulates the liquid coolant along two opposing directions parallel to the horizontal axis to distribute the coolant among and between the cells.