Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Battery temperature regulator incorporating casing or terminal temperature sensor
- Patent Title (中): 电池温度调节器结合外壳或端子温度传感器
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Application No.: US12362728Application Date: 2009-01-30
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Publication No.: US08164310B2Publication Date: 2012-04-24
- Inventor: Tomoyasu Takeuchi , Hiroshi Ueshima , Ryuichirou Shinkai
- Applicant: Tomoyasu Takeuchi , Hiroshi Ueshima , Ryuichirou Shinkai
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee: Denso Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye PC
- Priority: JP2008-020846 20080131
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract:
A temperature regulator is provided for a battery which includes an electrode body, a terminal electrically connected to the electrode body, and a casing that receives the electrode body and supports the terminal with an end portion of the terminal protruding outside of the casing. The casing is electrically and thermally insulated from the terminal. The temperature regulator includes a flow producer, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The flow producer produces a flow of a heat transfer medium for exchanging heat between the heat transfer medium and one of the terminal and casing. The temperature sensor senses the temperature of the other of the terminal and casing. The controller controls, based on the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, the flow producer to adjust the flow rate of the heat transfer medium, thereby regulating the temperature of the electrode body to fall within a predetermined range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090195210A1 BATTERY TEMPERATURE REGULATOR WITH SUITABLE ARRANGEMENT OF TEMPERATURE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2009-08-06
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