Patent ID: 8974934
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: F28D,F28F,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery module, comprising: a battery cell; a heat exchanger disposed adjacent to the battery cell, the heat exchanger having a tube; a cooling manifold having a tubular wall, a first elastomeric fluid port, and a ring shaped member; the tubular wall defining an interior region and having first and second end portions; the first elastomeric fluid port extending outwardly from an outer surface of the tubular wall and fluidly communicating with the interior region, the first elastomeric fluid port extending through the tubular wall and being integrally attached to the tubular wall, the first elastomeric fluid port having an aperture extending therethrough being configured and sized to receive the tube of the heat exchanger therein, the first elastomeric fluid port further having an outer elastomeric lip portion extending around an outer periphery of the first elastomeric fluid port at an end of the first elastomeric fluid port, the first elastomeric fluid port further having a groove extending into the first elastomeric fluid port that is disposed between the outer elastomeric lip portion and the tubular wall, the first elastomeric fluid port having the groove when the ring shaped member is not disposed on the first elastomeric fluid port and when the ring shaped member is disposed on the first elastomeric fluid port, the outer elastomeric lip portion having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of a portion of the first elastomeric fluid port defining the groove; the tube of the heat exchanger being disposed into the aperture of the first elastomeric fluid port and extending within the aperture past the outer elastomeric lip portion and the groove of the elastomeric fluid port; and the ring shaped member being disposed in the groove and being disposed on and contacting an outer surface of the first elastomeric fluid port a predetermined distance from the outer surface of the tubular wall, the ring shaped member being constructed of a rigid material having a fixed non-adjustable inner diameter that prevents the first elastomeric fluid port from expanding radially outwardly when the tube from the heat exchanger is inserted into the aperture of the first elastomeric fluid port.