Temperature control device for an electrical energy supply unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2015295287-A1
Application number	US-201514682084-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 8, 2015
Priority date	Apr 9, 2014
Publication date	Oct 15, 2015
Grant date	—

Abstract

A temperature control device for an electrical energy supply unit may include a first delimiting element that may have at least a first layer composed of a fibre composite plastic. A second delimiting element may include at least a second layer composed of a fibre composite plastic. The second delimiting element may be mounted on the first delimiting element such that the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element may define a fluid duct for a fluid flow.

First claim

1 . A temperature control device for an electrical energy supply unit, comprising:
a first delimiting element, which includes at least a first layer composed of a fibre composite plastic, a second delimiting element, which includes at least a second layer composed of a fibre composite plastic, the second delimiting element being mounted on the first delimiting element such that the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element define a fluid duct for a fluid flow.

2 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first delimiting element consists of the first layer of the fibre composite plastic and the second delimiting element consists of the second layer of the fibre composite plastic.

3 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
the first delimiting elements and the second delimiting element are respectively configured in a plate-like manner, and a matrix layer composed of a thermoplast is disposed on at least one side of the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element, respectively to define at least one of a form-fitting connection and a materially bonded connection, wherein the at least one side of the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element respectively at least one of faces towards one another and faces away from one another.

4 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first delimiting elements and the second delimiting element are secured to one another on a respective edge section via at least one of a form-fitting connection and a materially bonded connection.

5 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element are configured with a shell-like geometry.

6 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein the fibre composite plastic of at least one of the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element includes at least one fibre, wherein the at least one fibre includes at least one of a glass fibre material, a carbon fibre material, a aramid fibre material and a natural fibre material.

7 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein the fibre composite plastic of at least one of the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element includes at least one fibre, wherein at least one of the at least one fibre is electrically conductive and includes at least two contact sections, the at least two contact sections being connectable with an electrical energy source, which in an electrically energized state operates as a heating device.

8 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , wherein the fibre composite plastic of at least one of the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element includes at least one fibre, the at least one fibre being composed of a thermally conductive material.

9 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one electric heating element integrated into at least one of the first layer of the first delimiting element and the second layer of the second delimiting element.

10 . The temperature control device according to claim 9 , wherein the electric heating element includes at least one of a plurality of heating wires and at least one electrically conductive heating band.

11 . The temperature control device according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of heating wires and the at least one electrically conductive heating band are configured as an electric coil, the electric coil configured to be induced by an electric heating current via electromagnetic induction.

12 . The temperature control device according to claim 9 , wherein the electric heating element includes at least one heatable electric resistor.

13 . The temperature control device according to claim 1 , further comprising a lacquer layer of an electrically conductive lacquer disposed on at least one of the first layer of the first delimiting element and the second layer of the second delimiting element.

14 . A temperature control arrangement, comprising:
at least one energy supply unit, a temperature control device thermally coupled with the at least one energy supply unit and configured to control a temperature of the at least one energy supply unit, the temperature control device including: a first delimiting element including a first layer composed of a fibre composite plastic; and a second delimiting element positioned between the first delimiting element and the at least one energy supply unit, the second delimiting element including a second layer composed of a fibre composite plastic; wherein the first delimiting element mounts the second delimiting element to define a fluid duct therebetween for communicating a fluid flow.

15 . The temperature control arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one energy supply unit includes a housing part, the housing part including a planar geometry and mounts a corresponding side of the second delimiting element of the temperature control device.

16 . The temperature control arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the at least one energy supply unit and the temperature control device are incorporated into a motor vehicle.

17 . The temperature control arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the fibre composite plastic of at least one of the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element includes a plurality of fibres, the plurality of fibres respectively being composed of at least one of a glass fibre material, a carbon fibre material, an aramid fibre material and a natural fibre material.

18 . The temperature control arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the fibre composite plastic of at least one of the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element includes at least one fibre composed of a thermally conductive material.

19 . The temperature control arrangement according to claim 14 , further comprising at least one electric heating element integrated into at least one of the first layer of the first delimiting element and the second layer of the second delimiting element.

20 . A temperature control device for an energy supply unit, comprising:
a first delimiting element including a first layer composed of a fibre composite plastic; and a second delimiting element mounted to the first delimiting element at a contact point, the second delimiting element including a second layer composed of a fibre composite plastic, wherein the first delimiting element and the second delimiting element define a fluid duct therebetween for communicating a fluid flow; wherein at least one of the first layer and the second layer includes at least one electric heating element, the electric heating element including at least one of a plurality of heating wires and at least one electrically conductive heating band.

Assignees

• Mahle Behr Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Schnaars Alexandra
• Moser Michael
• Raible Dominique

Classifications

• H01M10/625 Primary

  Vehicles · CPC title

• H01M10/6571

  Resistive heaters (arrangements for heating the battery by its resistance to the internal current H01M10/637) · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M10/0525

  Rocking-chair batteries, i.e. batteries with lithium insertion or intercalation in both electrodes; Lithium-ion batteries · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title