Patent ID: 9054402
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B60K,B60R,B60Y,F41H,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery pack protection system, comprising: a battery pack mounted under an electric vehicle, wherein said battery pack is configured to house a plurality of batteries; a plurality of deformable cooling conduits interposed between a lowermost surface of each of said plurality of batteries and an upper surface of a lower battery pack enclosure panel, wherein integral to each of said plurality of deformable cooling conduits is at least one coolant channel, and wherein said plurality of deformable cooling conduits are configured to deform and absorb impact energy when an object strikes a lower surface of said lower battery pack enclosure panel; and a thermal insulator interposed between said plurality of deformable cooling conduits and said upper surface of said lower battery pack enclosure panel.