Patent ID: 8399119
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery module, comprising: a battery cell; and a cooling fin disposed adjacent to the battery cell, the cooling fin having a solid plate and first and second tab portions extending from first and second edges, respectively, of the solid plate, the first and second tab portions configured to be bent perpendicular with respect to the solid plate and extending in a first direction, the cooling fin configured to extract heat energy from the battery cell thereto; a first cooling manifold that contacts the first tab portion of the cooling fin, the first cooling manifold having an outer rectangular ring-shaped wall extending in the first direction that defines at least one flow channel therethrough configured to receive a fluid therethrough, the first cooling manifold configured to conduct heat energy from first tab portion of the cooling fin into the fluid flowing through the first cooling manifold to cool the battery cell; and a second cooling manifold that contacts the second tab portion of the cooling fin, the second cooling manifold having at least one flow channel extending therethrough configured to receive a fluid therethrough, the second cooling manifold configured to conduct heat energy from the cooling fin into the fluid flowing through the second cooling manifold to cool the battery cell.