Patent ID: 8350526

Claim:
A vehicle charging system comprising: a charging source providing an electrical charge; a coolant source providing coolant; a connector having both an electrical supply section delivering the electrical charge and a coolant supply section delivering the coolant; an electric vehicle including an electric battery, the electric battery including a plurality of planar cells and an enclosure surrounding the cells so as to arrange the cells in a stack, the enclosure having an input and an output, the electric vehicle further including a receptacle for receiving the connector, a coolant conduit configured to direct the coolant from a coolant inflow section of the receptacle to the input of the enclosure and an electrical power connection between the electrical battery and the receptacle, the connector capable of connecting to the receptacle of the vehicle to charge the electric battery in the vehicle and to supply coolant from the coolant source through the coolant conduit into the input of the enclosure to cool the cells of the electric battery as the electric battery is charged; and a controller receiving battery information of the electric battery and controlling the flow of coolant from the coolant source through the connector to the electric battery.