Motor vehicle with battery cooling system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9490509-B2
Application number	US-201314423004-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 13, 2013
Priority date	Aug 23, 2012
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes at least one battery module configured to be cooled by compressed gas. The battery module has a cooling system which has an accumulator for compressed gas that can be fed to the battery module for cooling. A control device controls supply of gas from the accumulator to the battery module in dependency of at least one output value from at least one sensor configured to measure a current output from the battery module.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle comprising:
at least one battery module configured to be cooled by compressed gas supplied at a volume flow rate of one liter per second,
a cooling system comprising a pressure accumulator for the compressed gas to be supplied to the battery module,
at least one sensor configured to measure a current output from the battery module,
a control device configured to control supply of cooling gas from the pressure accumulator to the battery module in dependency of at least one output value from the at least one sensor commensurate with the measured current output, and
a passive cooling element arranged on a supply line of the compressed gas to the pressure accumulator and on the pressure accumulator.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a pressure-relief element arranged between the pressure accumulator and the battery module.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the pressure-relief element is a throttle.

4. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the compressed gas is air.

5. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the pressure accumulator is a component of a vehicle-mounted air spring system or a brake system.

6. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the passive cooling element comprises cooling fins.

7. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising at least one air supply device configured to supply air from a surroundings of the motor vehicle to the battery module.

8. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the motor vehicle is a hybrid vehicle that includes both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor.

9. The motor vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sensor is configured to directly measure the current output from the battery module.

Assignees

• Audi Ag
• Augi Ag

Inventors

• Achhammer Siegfried
• Pöppel Armin
• Gerlinger Uwe

Classifications

• B60L2240/12

  Speed · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

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

• B60L3/0046 Primary

  relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors · CPC title

• B60L2240/662

  Temperature · CPC title

• H01M10/6564 Primary

  using compressed gas · CPC title