Patent ID: 6613472
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A battery cooling structure for cooling a battery by open air, which is accommodated within a case, characterized in that the structure has:said case; first space and second space formed by partitioning space within said case, and adjacent to each other and interposing said battery therebetween; a first introduction opening formed on a surface of said case, which is corresponding to a side of one end of said battery; a first discharge opening formed on a surface of said case, which is corresponding to a side of the other end of said battery, for discharging said open air introduced into said first space from said first introduction opening after said open air has passed an inside of said first space; a second introduction opening formed on a surface of said case, which is corresponding to a side of the other end of said battery; and a second discharge opening formed on a surface of said case, which is corresponding to a side of one end of said battery, for discharging said open air introduced into said second space from said second introduction opening after said open air has passed an inside of said second space, and a plurality of said batteries are accommodated in said cases in parallel condition, and a plurality of unit cooling systems consisting of said first space and said second space adjacent to each other and interposing said batteries therebetween are provided in said cases, and further, said adjacent unit cooling systems are constructed so as to mutually share said first space or said second space.