Patent ID: 8115450

Claim:
A thermally managed enclosure for at least one battery comprising: a) at least one cradle of thermally conductive material for containing at least one battery; b) said at least one cradle having a bottom wall and side walls closely fitted to and in contact with said at least one battery, wherein said side walls comprise a first set of parallel side walls and a second set of parallel side walls, said second set of side walls being of greater length than that of the first set; c) the bottom wall of said at least one cradle having a passageway trough formed below said bottom wall, said bottom wall forming a top wall of said passageway containing a pipe for flowing heating or cooling fluid; d) said passageway trough being filled with a thermally conductive fill surrounding said pipe; e) said passageway trough being parallel to said second set of side walls; and wherein the sidewalls having one or more apertures configured to receive one or more fasteners for securing the at least one battery to said battery enclosure.