Patent ID: 7061208

Claim:
A temperature regulator for regulating temperature of a storage battery, said temperature regulator comprising: a thermoelectric transducer having a first face and a second face, said thermoelectric transducer being arranged to selectively provide one of heat dissipation and heat absorption via said first and second faces, respectively, and heat dissipation and heat absorption via said second and first faces, respectively; a storage battery holding member arranged to hold the storage battery at a storage battery location; and a thermal action accelerating fluid flow room containing a thermal action accelerating fluid thermally coupled with said second face of said thermoelectric transducer, said thermal action accelerating fluid including either of brine and water; wherein said first face of said thermoelectric transducer is arranged relative to said storage battery holding member so as to be thermally coupled with the storage battery when the storage battery is held in the storage battery location.