Battery pack thermal management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9738176-B2
Application number	US-201615233372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2016
Priority date	Nov 10, 2014
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

An assembly includes a traction battery of an electrified vehicle, and a blend door moveable between a first position that permits a first flow of air to move toward the traction battery and a second position that permits a second flow of air to move toward the traction battery. The first flow includes more air that has moved through an engine compartment than the second flow.

First claim

We claim:

1. An assembly, comprising:
a blend door positioned on an underside of an electrified vehicle and moveable between a first position and a second position, the blend door in the first position permitting a first flow of air to move toward a traction battery, the blend door in the second position permitting a second flow of air to move toward the traction battery, the first flow including more air that has moved through an engine compartment than the second flow, the second flow including at least some air that has not moved through the engine compartment; and
a blocker door separate from the blend door, the blocker door moveable between a flow-blocking position and a flow-permitting position, the blocker door in the flow-blocking position blocking the traction battery from receiving the first flow or the second flow, the blocker door in the flow-permitting position permitting the traction battery to receive the first flow or the second flow, wherein the blend door is closer to a front of the electrified vehicle than the blocker door.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the blend door is pivotable, and the blend door is pivotable to an orientation where the blend door is entirely vertically below the traction battery of the electrified vehicle.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the blend door is selectively moveable to an orientation where the blend door is aligned with an aero-shield of the electrified vehicle, and to an orientation where the blend door is misaligned with the aero-shield, wherein the aero-shield is below the traction battery.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second flow includes more ram air from outside the engine compartment than the first flow, the ram air from outside the engine compartment entering the electrified vehicle at a position rearward an axle of the electrified vehicle.

5. The assembly of claim 4 , wherein the first flow comprises, exclusively, ram air that has moved through the engine compartment and that has entered the electrified vehicle at a position in front of a forward axle of the electrified vehicle.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein both the first flow of air and the second flow of air comprise ram air, and the engine compartment holds an internal combustion engine.

7. An assembly, comprising:
a traction battery of an electrified vehicle; and
a blend door moveable between a first position that permits a first flow of air to move toward the traction battery and a second position that permits a second flow of air to move toward the traction battery, the first flow including more air that has moved through an engine compartment than the second flow; and
a blocker door moveable between a flow-blocking position and a flow-permitting position, the blocker door in the flow-blocking position blocking the traction battery pack from receiving the first flow or the second flow, the blocker door in the flow-permitting position permitting the traction battery pack to receive the first flow or the second flow.

8. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the blend door is pivotable between the first position and the second position.

9. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the blend door is disposed on an underside of the electrified vehicle, and the blend door is moveable to an orientation where the blend door is entirely vertically below the traction battery.

10. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the traction battery is disposed on an underside of the electrified vehicle outside of the engine compartment.

11. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the traction battery is disposed vertically below a passenger compartment of the electrified vehicle.

12. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the second flow includes at least some air that has not moved through the engine compartment.

13. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the blend door is closer to a front of the electrified vehicle than the blocker door.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Garfinkel George Albert
• Burrows Neil Robert
• Kuo Chung-Hsing
• Chorian Steve F
• Vejalla Dhanunjay

Classifications

• Y02T90/16

  Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles · CPC title

• B60K11/06

  with air cooling · CPC title

• B60L58/27

  by heating · CPC title

• B60L2240/662

  Temperature · CPC title

• B60L2240/545

  Temperature · CPC title