Patent ID: 7642004
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A holder for cooling battery modules, comprising: a housing, in which a plurality of battery modules is mounted with cooling air inlets and outlets defined therein; and first and second air panels including the cooling air inlets and outlets, respectively, wherein the first air panel is formed to an inlet portion of the housing and the second air panel is formed to an outlet portion of the housing, wherein the battery modules are arranged in the form of a straight line from the cooling air inlets to the cooling air outlets so that cooling air paths are formed therebetween, and wherein the cooling air inlets are shaped of a trumpet in the first air panels, inlet cross sectional areas on a downstream side of the cooling air inlets becoming smaller than those on a middle side thereof so that a plurality of cooling air inlet paths are formed to be straight.