Patent ID: 9660309
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T,Y10S

Claim:
1. A battery device for use in a vehicle, the device comprising: a housing; a plurality of battery cells disposed in the housing a first one of the plurality of battery cells being located in a first area within the housing; a blower comprising a blowing fan configured to generate an air flow; a plurality of temperature sensors configured to detect temperature and disposed in the housing and, a first one of the plurality of temperature sensors being located in the first area within the housing and configured to detect temperature of the first battery cell located in the first area; a flow passage connected to the blower for guiding the air flow from the blowing fan therealong; and a shutter device comprising a plurality of blades installed along the flow passage and between the flow passage and the plurality of battery cells, wherein the plurality of blades are grouped in multiple groups such that each group of blades corresponds to an area within the housing and is configured to change orientation of one or more of its blades for controlling an amount of air directed to its corresponding area within the housing from the air flow flowing in the flow passage, wherein a first one of the multiple groups corresponds to the first area within the housing; a controller configured to control the first group for changing orientation of one or more blades thereof to control an amount of air directed to the first area from the air flow flowing in the flow passage based on the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor.