Plate-like fluid container and battery temperature-control assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021391608-A1
Application number	US-201917288499-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 25, 2019
Priority date	Oct 25, 2018
Publication date	Dec 16, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a plate-like fluid container for the temperature control of an accumulator device for electrical energy or of an electrical consumer, for example in a motor vehicle, having two layers contacting one another at least regionally, an inlet for pouring a fluid into the fluid container, an outlet for discharging the fluid from the fluid container, and a fluid channel system arranged between the layers that connects the inlet to the outlet and is configured to be flowed through by the fluid during the temperature control, wherein a spacing of at least two first channel sections of the fluid channel system extending parallel to one another is larger in a first region of the fluid channel system disposed upstream than a spacing of at least two second channel sections of the fluid channel system extending parallel to one another in a second region of the fluid channel system disposed downstream to improve the temperature control performance of plate-like fluid containers for temperature control.

First claim

1 . A plate-like fluid container for the temperature control of an accumulator device for electrical energy or of an electrical consumer, the fluid container comprising:
two layers abutting to one another at least regionally; an inlet for the pouring of a fluid into the fluid container; an outlet for discharging the fluid out of the fluid container; and a fluid channel system that is arranged between the layers, that connects the inlet to the outlet, and is configured to be flowed through by the fluid during the temperature control, wherein a spacing of at least two first channel sections of the fluid channel system extending parallel to one another is larger in a first region of the fluid channel system disposed upstream than a spacing of at least two second channel sections of the fluid channel system extending parallel to one another in a second region of the fluid channel system disposed downstream.

2 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein the first channel sections extend parallel to the second channel sections, with the direction of flow in the first channel sections extending parallel to or antiparallel to the direction of flow in the second channel sections.

3 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein the channel sections of the fluid channel system extending parallel to one another each extend in a straight line over at least 50% of the length or width of the fluid container.

4 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein a channel width in the first and second channel sections is substantially the same when viewed in a plane of the main extension of the fluid container.

5 . A fluid container in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the spacing of the first channel sections from one another is larger than half the channel width and/or the spacing of the second channel sections from one another is smaller than half the channel width.

6 . (canceled)

7 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein the reversal region has at least one further channel section that fluidically couples exactly one first channel section with exactly one second channel section and/or at least one further channel section that fluidically couples a plurality of different first channel sections with at least one second channel section or a plurality of second channel sections to at least one first channel section.

8 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein the first channel sections extending parallel to one another and/or the second channel sections extending parallel to one another are configured to conduct part flows of the fluid flowing in parallel and the first channel sections extending parallel to one another and/or the second channel sections extending parallel to one another are each nearest neighbors.

9 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein the two layers between the first channel sections that are each nearest neighbors are welded to one another by two weld seams and the two layers between the second channel sections that are each nearest neighbors are only welded to one another by one weld seam.

10 . The fluid container of the of claim 1 , wherein the two layers between all first and second channel sections that are each nearest neighbors are welded to one another by two weld seams.

11 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein a channel side wall of at least one first channel section that is oriented toward another first channel section or is directly neighboring the outer edge of the fluid container is steeper than a channel side wall of a second channel section that is oriented toward a channel side wall of the second channel section, and the channel side walls of all second channel sections that are each oriented toward a channel side wall of the second channel section.

12 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein the first of the two layers is a flat layer and the second of the two layers has at least one recess at its side facing the first layer that predefines the course of the fluid channel system.

13 . The fluid container of claim 12 , wherein the first layer is harder and/or thicker than the second layer.

14 . The fluid container of claim 9 , wherein the second layer has at least one passage opening in the region between the two weld seams between two channel sections nearest to one another.

15 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein a channel diameter of channel sections in a region that is disposed upstream is smaller than in another region that is disposed downstream.

16 . An accumulator device for electrical energy or an electrical consumer having the fluid container of claim 1 .

17 . The fluid container of claim 1 , wherein a reversal region is arranged between the first region, disposed upstream of the reversal region, and the second region, disposed downstream of the reversal region,
the reversal region has at least one further channel section that fluidically couples a respective at least one of the first channel sections with a respective at least one of the second channel sections, and a part of the at least one further channel section following the first channel sections downstream extends at an angle between 80° and 100° to the first channel sections and a second part of the at least one further channel section adjoining the second channel sections upstream extends at an angle between 80° and 100° to the second channel sections.

18 . The fluid container of claim 17 , wherein the reversal region has at least two further channel sections that independently of one another fluidically couple an at least one respective first channel section with at least one respective second channel section respectively.

Assignees

• Reinz Dichtungs Gmbh

Inventors

• Senf Felix
• Rebien Harald
• Schneider Juergen
• Schnurrenberger Joachim
• Luksch Christian
• Graves Gareth D G

Classifications

• H01M10/6556 Primary

  Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange (closed pipes H01M10/6552) · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title

• H01M10/63

  Control systems (charging or discharging in response to temperature H01M10/44 {, H01M10/443}; measurement of temperature H01M10/48 {, H01M10/486}) · CPC title

• Y02E60/50

  Fuel cells · CPC title

• H01M10/6554

  Rods or plates · CPC title