Patent ID: 6296968
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: B60L,F28F,H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
A one-piece battery comprising a tank divided into cells each receiving an electrode assembly, closure means for said tank and a circulating fluid heat exchanger facing relatively larger faces of said assembly, wherein said fluid flows in a compartment defined by two flanges, said compartment has a fluid inlet orifice communicating with a common inlet manifold and a fluid outlet orifice communicating with a common outlet manifold, said tank comprises at least two units, each unit comprises at least one of said cells delimited by at least one wall facing a relatively larger face of said assembly that constitutes one of said flanges, each unit further comprises a portion of said inlet manifold and said outlet manifold, and said units are fastened together so that said flanges when placed face-to-face form a sealed circulation compartment and said portions of the same manifold are aligned with each other.