Patent ID: 11923519
Assignee: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A battery pack comprising:
a battery group comprising:
a battery group side surface;

a case storing the battery group, the case comprising;
a case bottom surface;
a case side surface parallel to the battery group side surface and spaced by a gap from the battery group side surface; and

a fixing member having a C-shaped cross section perpendicular to the case side surface and disposed in the gap between the case side surface and the battery group side surface, wherein
the fixing member is configured to transfer heat from the battery group to the case,
the cross section of the fixing member comprises:
a first portion that thermally contacts the battery group side surface and forms a first side of an enclosed space;
a second portion that thermally contacts the case side surface along a length of the case side surface and comprises an opening; and
a third portion that thermally connects the first portion and the second portion and forms a second and third side of the enclosed space, wherein
the case side surface forms a fourth side of the enclosed space via the opening.