A partial structure of a battery pack includes: a battery group which is formed by stacking a plurality of layers, each of the layers being formed by arranging cylindrical batteries in parallel in a plane, the cylindrical batteries belonging to adjacent layers being arranged by shifting alignment pitches by a half pitch from each other between the adjacent layers; heat transfer plates, wherein each of the heat transfer plates is in contact with side surfaces of the cylindrical batteries arranged on both surfaces of each of the heat transfer plates, is formed by a heat transfer corrugated plate member, and extends through a gap between the cylindrical batteries along an alignment direction of the cylindrical batteries in the layers in the plane intersecting center axis lines of the cylindrical batteries, a first intersection direction intersecting the alignment direction or a second intersection direction intersecting the alignment direction and the first intersection direction; and a radiator which is arranged on a side of the battery group and is connected with a edge of each of the heat transfer plates, wherein each of the cylindrical batteries is contact with at least two of the heat transfer plates.

A partial structure of a battery pack includes: a battery group which is formed by stacking a plurality of layers, each of the layers being formed by arranging cylindrical batteries in parallel in a plane, the cylindrical batteries belonging to adjacent layers being arranged by shifting alignment pitches by a half pitch from each other between the adjacent layers; heat transfer plates, wherein each of the heat transfer plates is in contact with side surfaces of the cylindrical batteries arranged on both surfaces of each of the heat transfer plates, is formed by a heat transfer corrugated plate member, and extends through a gap between the cylindrical batteries along an alignment direction of the cylindrical batteries in the layers in the plane intersecting center axis lines of the cylindrical batteries, a first intersection direction intersecting the alignment direction or a second intersection direction intersecting the alignment direction and the first intersection direction; and a radiator which is arranged on a side of the battery group and is connected with a edge of each of the heat transfer plates, wherein each of the cylindrical batteries is contact with at least two of the heat transfer plates.

There is provided a thermal management apparatus for use with a vehicle comprising: a chassis in thermal contact with one or more first components that require thermal management and one or more second components that require thermal management, wherein the chassis is configured to transfer heat from the one or more first components to the one or more second components.

Techniques involve utilizing a ducting system for an electric vehicle. The ducting system includes a motor housing constructed and arranged to house at least a portion of an electric propulsion motor of the electric vehicle. The ducting system further includes a storage pack housing coupled with the motor housing, the storage pack housing being constructed and arranged to house at least a portion of an electrical energy storage pack that supplies electric power to the electric propulsion motor. The ducting system further includes a fluid control assembly constructed and arranged to control fluid flow between the motor housing and the storage pack housing.

A cooling structure of a vehicle battery unit includes: a plurality of battery modules; a plurality of battery cooling units; a supply pipe; a discharge pipe; and a battery case. The supply pipe includes a supply pipe portion which passes between the at least two battery modules arranged in the vehicle width direction and connects the plurality of battery cooling units. The discharge pipe includes a discharge pipe portion which passes between the at least two battery modules arranged in the vehicle width direction and connects the plurality of battery cooling unit. The supply pipe portion and the discharge pipe portion have bellows pipe portions which are made of resin and can be expanded or contracted in the front-rear direction and curved pipe portions which are made of resin and bend in the vehicle width direction.

A thermal management system for high power electrical equipment includes temperature adjustment means, sensing means, and a microcontroller. The temperature adjustment means includes small and large temperature adjustment units and a selection device, wherein the small and large temperature adjustment units are thermally connected to the battery cells and the battery enclosure, respectively. The sensing means includes temperature sensors for measuring the temperatures of the battery cells, and capacity sensors for measuring the remaining capacities of the battery cells available for the electrical equipment, wherein the temperature and capacity sensors can output corresponding signals. The microcontroller receives the signals from the temperature and capacity sensors, and enables or disenables the temperature adjustment means according to the temperature signals. Next, the microcontroller operates the selection device to start the small temperature adjustment unit and/or the large temperature adjustment unit according to the capacity signals when the temperature adjustment means is enabled.

A thermal management system for a vehicle battery is disclosed. The system includes a reservoir tank, which is positioned outside a vehicle and which stores refrigerant therein, a refrigerant supply line for supplying the refrigerant from the reservoir tank to a heat exchange circuit, which exchanges heat with the battery mounted in the vehicle, a refrigerant recovery line for recovering the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger circuit, a cable, which is connected at one end thereof to the reservoir tank and which includes therein the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant recovery line, and a connector provided at a remaining end of the cable, which serves to connect the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant recovery line in the cable to an inlet or an outlet of the heat exchange circuit when the connector is coupled to the vehicle.

A fuel cell system having a fuel cell cooling circuit coupled to a battery cooling circuit through a coolant/coolant heat exchanger for removing heat from the fuel cell cooling circuit through the battery cooling circuit during normal steady state operation of the fuel cell system.

The disclosed technology includes devices, systems, and methods for a battery-integrated heat pump system. The disclosed technology can include a heat pump system having an indoor heat exchanger coil, an outdoor heat exchanger coil, and a compressor. The disclosed technology can further include a third heat exchanger coil, a battery, and a pump configured to circulate a fluid through the third heat exchanger coil and the battery. The disclosed technology can be configured to manage the temperature of the battery by operating the pump to facilitate heat transfer between the refrigerant and the fluid to heat or cool the battery.

A charging system includes an electric vehicle having a battery coolant circuit including a charging heat exchanger and a battery as well as a charging station including a charging coolant and a cooling heat exchanger for cooling the charging coolant. The charging coolant is selectively placed in fluid communication and heat exchange communication with the charging heat exchanger of the electric vehicle. The charging heat exchanger is disposed on a charging coolant flow path formed in the electric vehicle that extends from an inlet port configured for coupling to an inlet fitting of the charging station to an outlet port configured for coupling to an outlet fitting of the charging station.