Patent ID: 11877423
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A method of cooling one or more battery packs of a battery system, the method comprising:
placing a heat pipe arrangement that includes a plurality of heat pipes having a planar configuration in thermal contact with and between the one or more battery packs to draw heat therefrom, wherein the heat pipe further includes two opposite sides connecting an outer planar surface and an opposing outer planar surface; and
placing a heat sink arrangement that includes a plurality of heat sinks that include a liquid in thermal contact with two or more edges of the heat pipe arrangement, to dissipate heat away from the heat pipe arrangement, wherein a first pair of the plurality of heat sinks is arranged spaced apart and coplanar on the outer planar surface of the heat pipe, and a second pair of the plurality of heat sinks is arranged spaced apart, and coplanar on the opposing outer planar surface of the heat pipe, and wherein the heat sink extends along surfaces of the opposite sides, the outer planar surface, and the opposing outer planar surface.