Patent ID: 8623538
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: B60K,B60L,C09K,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An automotive battery pack assembly comprising: a battery pack comprising a heat generating source with two or more individual regions, each individual region of said two or more individual regions has a particular temperature regime, said battery pack configured to provide motive power to a vehicular platform; and a thermal management system in thermal communication with said heat-generating source within said battery pack, said thermal management system comprising: wherein said two or more tailored microencapsulated phase change material comprises a plurality of tailored microencapsulated phase change materials one of which is configured to exhibit phase change at a first temperature corresponding to a first temperature regime of a first region of the battery pack and another of which is configured to exhibit phase change at a second temperature that is higher than said first temperature, the second temperature corresponding to a second temperature regime of a second region of the battery pack.