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Granted Patent B2
US 12,058,844 · App. 17/703,432 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Coolant discharger for a coolant-carrying pipeline network, electrical energy storage device and motor vehicle

Inventors: Thomas Harsch (Munich, DE); Thomas Zink (Munich, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
H05K7/20845B60R16/08B60L58/26
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Patent No.
US 12,058,844
App. No.
17/703,432
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A coolant discharger for a coolant-carrying pipeline network of an electrical energy storage device has at least one drainage ramp configured to be arranged on a pipeline portion of the pipeline network that is susceptible to a coolant leakage, the drainage ramp is configured to discharge a coolant leaking out from the pipeline portion in the event of a coolant leakage and to divert it away from voltage-carrying components of the electrical energy storage device.

Claims (36)

1. A coolant discharger for a coolant-carrying pipeline network of a battery, comprising:

at least one drainage ramp configured to be arranged on a pipeline portion of the pipeline network that is susceptible to a coolant leakage,

wherein the at least one drainage ramp is configured to discharge a coolant leaking out from the pipeline portion in the event of a coolant leakage and to divert the coolant away from voltage-carrying components of the battery, and

wherein the at least one drainage ramp comprises a discharge portion configured to discharge the coolant from the coolant discharger,

the coolant discharger also comprising:

a bracket configured to hold the at least one drainage ramp on the pipeline portion, wherein the bracket is a separate component from both the drainage ramp and the pipeline portion.

2. The coolant discharger according to claim 1 , wherein

the discharge portion slopes obliquely downward and is configured to be arranged beneath the pipeline portion susceptible to coolant leakage; and

wherein the at least one drainage ramp comprises a wall portion projecting upward from the discharge portion and configured to at least partially encase the pipeline portion.

3. The coolant discharger according to claim 2 , wherein

the wall portion comprises at least one convex portion configured to receive a sub-region of the pipeline portion.

4. The coolant discharger according to claim 3 , wherein

the wall portion comprises two convex portions configured to receive two adjacent sub-regions of the pipeline portion.

5. The coolant discharger according to claim 2 , wherein

wherein the discharge portion slopes obliquely downward, with respect to a direction of gravity, in first direction toward a first lateral side of the coolant discharger,

wherein the wall portion projects upward from the discharge portion on at least a second lateral side of the coolant discharger that is opposite from the first lateral side of the coolant discharger,

wherein the coolant discharger is absent a wall portion on the first lateral side of the coolant discharger such that the coolant is discharged from the discharge portion at the first lateral side due to gravity.

6. The coolant discharger according to claim 1 , wherein

the coolant discharger comprises a connection portion configured to mechanically connect the at least one drainage ramp to a storage housing of the battery.

7. The coolant discharger according to claim 6 , wherein

the connection portion comprises tabs that project laterally from the discharge portion and that each have at least one hole.

8. The coolant discharger according to claim 6 ,

wherein the bracket is directly connected to the connection portion by a fastener, and wherein the same fastener is also configured to mechanically connect the connection portion to the storage housing of the battery.

9. The coolant discharger according to claim 1 , wherein

the bracket is attached in a non-destructively detachable manner to the at least one drainage ramp.

10. The coolant discharger according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one pipeline element of the pipeline portion susceptible to coolant leakage is attached to the at least one drainage ramp, forming a preassembled assembly.

11. The coolant discharger according to claim 10 , wherein

the at least one pipeline element comprises a pipe connection element of a pipeline portion susceptible to coolant leakage, the pipe connection element comprising a pipeline connection configured to connect two pipelines of the pipeline network, wherein the at least one drainage ramp is attached to the pipe connection element.

12. A battery for a motor vehicle, the battery comprising:

at least one voltage-carrying component;

a coolant-carrying pipeline network for cooling the at least one voltage-carrying component including the pipeline portion susceptible to a coolant leakage; and

the coolant discharger according to claim 1 .

13. A motor vehicle having the battery according to claim 12 .

14. The coolant discharger according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bracket has a length that spans at least an entire width of the at least one drainage ramp.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2022
From: ZINK, THOMAS; HARSCH, THOMAS
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 059566/0925 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 107 625.0 · Mar 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220312647A1 · Sep 29, 2022