Ductless cooling system for a vehicle power storage unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10315499-B2
Application number	US-201514846057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2015
Priority date	May 30, 2007
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A vehicle includes a floor, a seat including a back, and a traction battery module located behind the seat. The seat and floor form an air passageway, underneath the seat, from a cabin to the traction battery module. The vehicle also includes a plenum disposed between the air passageway and fraction battery module, and a sealing member fixed to the plenum and configured to engage the back to form a substantially airtight seal therebetween.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a floor;
a seat including a back;
a traction battery module located behind the seat, the seat and floor forming an air passageway, underneath the seat, from a cabin to the traction battery module;
a plenum, having a bellows configuration, disposed between the air passageway and traction battery module; and
a sealing member fixed to the plenum and back to form a substantially airtight seal therebetween.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising an outlet plenum associated with the traction battery module and configured to direct air from the traction battery module to a trunk.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a fan configured to draw air from the cabin to the traction battery module via the air passageway.

4. A vehicle comprising:
a floor;
a seat including a back;
a traction battery module located behind the seat, the seat and floor forming an air passageway, underneath the seat, from a cabin to the traction battery module;
a plenum arranged between the back and traction battery module to form an airtight seal therebetween; and
an outlet plenum, associated with the traction battery module, configured to direct air from the traction battery module to a trunk.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , further comprising a fan configured to draw air from the cabin to the traction battery module via the air passageway.

6. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the plenum has a bellows configuration.

7. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the plenum includes a sealing member to engage the back.

8. A vehicle comprising:
a floor;
a seal including a back moveable between upright and stowed positions;
a traction battery module located behind the seat, the seat and floor forming an air passageway, underneath the seat, from a cabin to the traction battery module;
a plenum disposed between the air passageway and traction battery module; and
a sealing member fixed to the plenum and configured to engage the back to form a substantially airtight seal therebetween when the back is in the upright and stowed positions.

9. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the sealing member is further configured to engage the floor to form a substantially airtight seal between the plenum and floor.

10. The vehicle of claim 8 , further comprising an outlet plenum associated with the traction battery module and configured to direct air from the traction battery module to a trunk.

11. The vehicle of claim 8 , further comprising a fan configured to draw air from the cabin to the traction battery module via the air passageway.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Zhu Douglas
• Paramasivam Sarav
• Patel Dharmendra
• Maguire Patrick
• Chen Kanghua

Classifications

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B60N2/5621

  by air · CPC title

• B60N2/646

  shape of the cushion · CPC title

• B60K2001/0416

  Arrangement in the rear part of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60K2001/005

  the electric storage means · CPC title