US 12,170,358 B2
Methods and apparatus for thermal management of batteries
Tim Moser, Trimbach (CH); and Frederick Tischhauser, Bottmingen (CH)
Assigned to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Manassas, VA (US)
Filed by Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Manassas, VA (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/553,297.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/144,773, filed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247006 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/6556 (2015.04) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery, comprising:
a housing defining a cavity;
a battery cell disposed in the cavity of the housing, the battery cell having a terminal; and
a bus bar disposed in the cavity of the housing, the bus bar coupled to the terminal, the bus bar including:
a fluid channel including a first portion traversing a first edge of the bus bar, a second portion traversing a second edge of the bus bar, and a third portion traversing a third edge of the bus bar; the second edge opposite the first edge; the third edge disposed between the first edge and the second edge; the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion of the fluid channel defining a fluid flow path; the fluid channel to receive a cooling fluid to cool the bus bar and reduce a temperature of the battery; and
a surface opposite the battery cell, the surface recessed relative to the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion of the fluid channel, the recessed surface facing away from the battery cell.