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App. No. 17/687,763

BATTERY COOLING DEVICE WITH FIRE PROTECTION MATERIAL, BATTERY MODULE WITH FIRE PROTECTION MATERIAL, AND AIRCRAFT

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17/687,763
Abstract

A battery cooling device for cooling at least one battery cell ( 1 ) of an electrically driven aircraft is provided, with a latent heat store ( 3 ). The battery cell is surrounded by a multilayer system having at least two layers ( 2,4 ) of fire protection material and a layer of the phase change material of the latent heat store, where an inner layer of the multilayer system, facing the battery cell, and an outer layer of the multilayer system, facing the surroundings, are formed of the fire protection material, and a middle layer, which is disposed between the inner and the outer layers, is formed of the phase change material of the latent heat store, and the fire protection material is of at least two-layer form, where a first layer of the fire protection material is mechanically stable in form and a second layer of the fire protection material comprises hydrated material.

Claims (23)

1 . A battery cooling device for cooling at least one battery cell ( 1 ) of an electrically driven aircraft, the battery cooling device comprising:

a latent heat store ( 3 ),

a multilayer system surrounding the at least one battery cell, said multilayer system comprising at least two layers ( 2 , 4 ) of fire protection material and a layer of a phase change material that forms the latent heat store ( 3 ),

the at least two layers of the multilayer system include an inner layer ( 2 ) facing the at least one battery cell ( 1 ), and an outer layer ( 4 ) facing surroundings, the inner and outer layers are formed of the fire protection material, and a middle layer ( 3 ), which is disposed between the inner layer ( 2 ) and the outer ( 4 ) layer, is formed by the layer of the phase change material of the latent heat store ( 3 ), and

the fire protection material ( 3 ) comprises at least two layers, in which a first layer ( 2 . 1 , 4 . 1 ) of the fire protection material is mechanically stable in form and a second layer of the fire protection material ( 2 . 2 , 4 . 2 ) comprises hydrated material.

2 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first layer of the fire protection material ( 2 . 1 ) of the inner layer ( 2 ) is disposed directly on the at least one battery cell ( 1 ).

3 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phase change material of the latent heat store ( 3 ) is macroencapsulated in a carrier matrix.

4 . The battery cooling apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phase change material of the latent heat store ( 3 ) is formed as a slit sleeve around the inner layer ( 2 ) of fire protection material.

5 . The battery cooling apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the phase change material of the latent heat store ( 3 ) is configured for a temperature range for an evolution of heat by the at least one battery cell ( 1 ) in an operating state.

6 . The battery cooling device of claim 5 , wherein the temperature range is from 20° C. to 150° C.

7 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first layer ( 2 . 1 , 4 . 1 ) of the fire protection material ( 2 , 4 ) is formed with fiber material.

8 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the fiber material comprises at least one of glass fibers, ceramic fibers, or aramid fibers

9 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second layer of the fire protection material ( 2 . 2 , 4 . 2 ) is formed with hydrated minerals.

10 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the hydrated minerals comprise at least one metal hydrate.

11 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second layer of the fire protection material ( 2 . 2 , 4 . 2 ) is configured for a temperature range for an evolution of heat by the battery cell on thermal runaway of the battery cell.

12 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the temperature range is from 100° to 800°.

13 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inner ( 2 ) or the outer ( 4 ) layers of fire protection material are self-adhesive.

14 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first, mechanically stable layer ( 2 . 1 , 4 . 1 ) of the fire protection material is self-adhesive.

15 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer layer ( 4 ) of fire protection material completely envelops the phase change material of the latent heat store ( 3 ).

16 . The battery cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner ( 2 ) and the outer ( 4 ) layers of the fire protection material ( 2 . 2 ) are formed as a sleeve, and the sleeve of the outer layer of the fire protection material ( 4 . 2 ) overlaps the phase change material of the latent heat store ( 3 ) on both sides at the openings in the sleeve and is formed sealingly with the inner layer ( 2 . 2 ) of the fire protection material.

17 . A battery module comprising the battery cooling device of claim 1 and a plurality of battery cells ( 1 ).

18 . An aircraft comprising a battery module as claimed in claim 17 .

19 . The aircraft as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the aircraft comprises an electrically driven, vertical take-off and landing aircraft.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2025
From: VOLOCOPTER GMBH
To: VOLOCOPTER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 071898/0038 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 064325 FRAME 0761. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ENTIRE INTEREST. Recorded Aug 1, 2023
From: ZIEGLER, NILS
To: VOLOCOPTER GMBH
Reel/Frame 064447/0654 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: ZIEGLER, NILS
To: VOLCOPTER GMBH
Reel/Frame 064325/0761 →