Patent ID: 8703318
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery module, comprising: a housing having a lower housing portion and a lid, the lid configured to be coupled to the lower housing portion, the lower housing portion having an electrically non-conductive oil disposed therein; a battery cell disposed in the lower housing portion that contacts the electrically non-conductive oil; first and second heat conductive fins being disposed entirely in the lower housing portion and proximate to first and second ends, respectively, of the battery cell, the first and second heat conductive fins contacting the electrically non-conductive oil, the first and second heat conductive fins configured to extract heat energy from the electrically non-conductive oil; and first and second conduits extending through a first end of the lower housing portion and further extending through the first and second heat conductive fins, respectively, and further extending through a second end of the lower housing portion, the first and second conduits extending substantially parallel to one another and being disposed proximate to a bottom portion of the lower housing portion, the first and second conduits configured to receive first and second portions of a fluid, respectively, therethrough and to conduct heat energy from the first and second heat conductive fins, respectively, into the fluid to cool the battery cell.