Patent ID: 6705418
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: B60K,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
Arrangement for a compact battery and cooling system therefore, said arrangement comprising:a plurality of elongate battery cells, each battery cell having a longitudinal axis and a hexagonal cross-sectional shape in a plane oriented substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis; said plurality of elongate battery cells being parallelly oriented, each to the others, within a battery housing; said plurality of battery cells being arranged in a honeycomb configuration with opposed faces of adjacent battery cells proximately located one to the other in face-to-face relationship; and at least one substantially hexagonally shaped cooling channel provided at an interior location within said plurality of battery cells a thermally radiative cap arranged in fluid communication with said at least one substantially hexagonally shaped cooling channel; and said radiative cap and said at least one substantially hexagonally shaped cooling channel containing cooling fluid that circulates therebetween for cooling said plurality of battery cells.