Patent ID: 8835039
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: F28F,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery module comprising: a battery pack including multiple spaced apart battery cells; and a cooling system having multiple cooling plates providing a cooling plenum, the cooling plates arranged in alternating relationship between the battery cells, each cooling plate including a first cooling channel, a second cooling channel, and a third cooling channel, the first cooling channel arranged in a first thermal region proximate to busbars of the battery cells and having an inverted U-shape, the second cooling channel arranged in a second thermal region different than the first thermal region and having a serpentine shape in a first direction that is different than the first shape, and the third cooling channel arranged in a third thermal region and having a serpentine-shape in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction that is different than the first shape and the second shape, the third thermal region being different than the first thermal region and the second thermal region and disposed proximate to coolant inlet and outlet ports arranged on a side opposite the busbars.