Patent ID: 8343650

Claim:
A modular assembly for housing battery cells, said assembly comprising: a plurality of U-shaped members, each U-shaped member including opposing side portions having a retention slot and a cooling fluid channel with an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice; a plurality of thermally conductive carrier plates, each carrier plate including an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice, each carrier plate further being positioned between opposing U-shaped members so that opposite side edges of the carrier plate are positioned within the retention slot in the side portions and the inlet orifice of the cooling fluid channel aligns with the inlet orifice in the carrier plate and the outlet orifice of the cooling fluid channel aligns with the outlet orifice in the carrier plate, wherein a cooling fluid flowing through the assembly flows through the cooling fluid channels in the U-shaped members and through aligned orifices in the U-shaped members; and a plurality of battery cells, wherein a separate battery cell is mounted to and between opposing carrier plates.