Patent ID: 9564670
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: F28D,F28F,H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A battery module, comprising: a plurality of battery cells aligned in a first direction; a heat exchange member supporting a bottom surface of each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells, the heat exchange member exchanging heat with the plurality of battery cells, wherein: the heat exchange member includes a first refrigerant flow path and a second refrigerant flow path, the first refrigerant flow path is adjacent to the bottom surface of each battery cell, the second refrigerant flow path is spaced apart from the first refrigerant flow path and below the first refrigerant flow path, the heat exchange member has an inlet into which a refrigerant is flowable and an outlet through which the refrigerant is dischargeable to an outside of the heat exchange member, the outlet is adjacent to the bottom surface of each battery cell and at a side of the heat exchange member, and the inlet is below the outlet and spaced apart from the outlet.