Patent ID: 9722216
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E,Y10T

Claim:
1. An energy storage device comprising: a housing comprising opposed first and second end panels, wherein the first and second end panels are substantially parallel to one another, and wherein the first end panel defines a first plurality of slots and the second end panel defines a second plurality of slots, the first plurality of slots aligned with the second plurality of slots; plural battery modules housed in the housing, the battery modules comprising: an encapsulant enclosing at least a portion of at least one of the battery cells or the heat sinks; wherein the first and second ends of the heat sinks are disposed in the first plurality of slots and in the second plurality of slots, respectively, whereby the battery modules are supported by the slots; wherein the first plurality of slots extend entirely through the first end panel and the second plurality of slots extend entirely through the second end panel; and wherein the first and second slots and the plurality of cooling medium passages define passageways that extend entirely through the energy storage device such that air passing through one of the passageways is fluidly isolated from air passing through another of the passageways over an entire transit pathway through the housing.