Provided is a battery module including a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another and being capable of effectively preventing damage to the battery cells despite such a configuration. A battery module 1 includes a plurality of battery cells 10 stacked on one another and a battery cell support 2. The battery cells 10 each include a battery 11 and an exterior casing 12 accommodating the battery 11. The battery cell support 2 is disposed between the plurality of battery cells 10. The battery module preferably further includes a fixation film 6 wound around the plurality of battery cells in a stacking direction and fixing the plurality of battery cells.

A battery module, a vehicle, and a method of manufacturing a battery module, the battery module including a housing accommodating a plurality of secondary batteries; and a thermoelectric element assembly on the housing and in contact with the plurality of secondary batteries through at least one contact opening in the housing, the thermoelectric element assembly being configured to heat or cool the plurality of secondary batteries.

A battery module, a vehicle, and a method of manufacturing a battery module, the battery module including a housing accommodating a plurality of secondary batteries; and a thermoelectric element assembly on the housing and in contact with the plurality of secondary batteries through at least one contact opening in the housing, the thermoelectric element assembly being configured to heat or cool the plurality of secondary batteries.

A battery assembly comprising: a first pouch cell for a battery, comprising a flexible surface to allow expansion and contraction of the first pouch cell a cooling plate having: a cell contact area for providing thermal contact between the cooling plate and the flexible surface of the first pouch cell; and an exchange contact area for providing thermal contact with a heat exchanger; a resilient interposer arranged to hold the cell contact area in thermal contact with the flexible surface of the first pouch cell in the event of expansion and/or contraction of the first pouch cell.

An electrical device including a surface which may be exposed to heat derived from operation of the electrical device such that the temperature of the surface increases during operation. The surface includes a temperature sensor including first and second electrodes separated by a layer of control material. The material properties and/or configuration of the control material are selected such that the electrical conductivity of the control material increases with increasing temperature so that electrical current is able to pass between the first and second electrodes once the temperature of any part of the control material has reached or exceeded a predetermined temperature. The temperature sensor extends over substantially the whole of the surface. A system including the electrical device and a method of controlling the electrical device is also disclosed.

The invention relates to a thermal regulation device for at least one electronic and/or electrical component, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a stack of at least two pairs of plates, defining circulation channels for heat-transfer fluid, and at least one heat-transfer fluid manifold, in fluidic communication with the circulation channels for heat-transfer fluid. The at least one heat-transfer fluid manifold has at least two complementary hollow manifolds. Each manifold is joined to an associated pair of plates and includes a distribution zone having at least one slot leading into the circulation channel for heat-transfer fluid. The manifolds joined to two adjacent pairs of plates have a male part and a complementary female part that are fitted one in the other, the male part bearing at least one seal. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for assembling such a device.

The invention relates to a thermal regulation device for at least one electronic and/or electrical component, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a stack of at least two pairs of plates, defining circulation channels for heat-transfer fluid, and at least one heat-transfer fluid manifold, in fluidic communication with the circulation channels for heat-transfer fluid. The at least one heat-transfer fluid manifold has at least two complementary hollow manifolds. Each manifold is joined to an associated pair of plates and includes a distribution zone having at least one slot leading into the circulation channel for heat-transfer fluid. The manifolds joined to two adjacent pairs of plates have a male part and a complementary female part that are fitted one in the other, the male part bearing at least one seal. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for assembling such a device.

The present invention relates to the use of a, preferably single-phase, heat transfer composition, comprising at least one aromatic synthetic dielectric fluid chosen from alkylbenzenes, alkyldiphenylethanes, alkylnaphthalenes, methylpolyarylmethanes, and mixtures thereof, for regulating the temperature of a battery.

The present invention also relates to a battery comprising such a heat transfer composition.

The present invention relates to the use of a, preferably single-phase, heat transfer composition, comprising at least one aromatic synthetic dielectric fluid chosen from alkylbenzenes, alkyldiphenylethanes, alkylnaphthalenes, methylpolyarylmethanes, and mixtures thereof, for regulating the temperature of a battery.

The present invention also relates to a battery comprising such a heat transfer composition.

Disclosed is a method for operating a heat exchanger and an energy store heat exchange system with an energy store including multiple electrochemical cells for providing electrical energy, with a flow duct for providing the cells with a flow of a heat-exchange medium in a flow direction, wherein the cells are arranged in series in the flow direction, wherein the cells each have a heat-exchange surface around which the heat-exchange medium can be made to flow and through which heat can be exchanged between the heat-exchanging medium and the cell, wherein a first (in the flow direction (S)) cell has a first heat-exchange surface, wherein a second cell, arranged downstream of the first cell, has a second heat-exchange surface, the second heat-exchange surface being larger than the first heat-exchange surface, and with an open- and/or closed-loop control unit for setting the volumetric flow.