IP Library Granted Patent US 9,457,645
Granted Patent B2
US 9,457,645 · App. 13/250,454 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Device for the thermal connection of an energy storage

Inventors: Stefan Hirsch (Stuttgart, DE); Achim Wiebelt (Deidesheim, DE); Caroline Schmid (Stuttgart, DE); Tobias Isermeyer (Loewenstein, DE); Marc-Thomas Eisele (München, DE)
Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
B60K1/04B60L11/1874H01M10/0413H01M10/613H01M10/647H01M10/652H01M10/6554H01M10/6556B60K2001/005H01M10/625Y02T10/7005Y02T10/705
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Patent No.
US 9,457,645
App. No.
13/250,454
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for thermal connection of an energy store to a cooling plate and/or a contact element, and a cooling plate on a contact element and/or a fluid is provided. The device for thermal connection has a first region having a first heat transfer property and at least one other region having another heat transfer property, wherein the first region and the at least one other region are arranged next to one another in relation to the heat transfer surface.

Claims (20)

1. An energy storage device comprising:

at least one energy storage;

a cooling plate; and

at least one device for thermal connection arranged between the at least one energy storage and the cooling plate,

the at least one device for thermal connection comprising:

a contact element with a heat transfer surface for providing the thermal connection, the contact element including a film and a cooling fin, the film having a first region with a first heat-conducting property and at least one further region with a further heat-conducting property, the first region and the at least one further region being arranged next to one another along the heat transfer surface,

wherein the first heat-conducting property is different from the further heat-conducting property,

wherein the first heat-conducting property and the further heat-conducting property are characterized by different contact resistances of the first region and the at least one further region,

wherein the first region is formed of a different material from the at least one further region, so as to provide the different contact resistances, and

wherein the first region and the at least one further region are both arranged in a same plane, the same plane being parallel to the heat transfer surface.

2. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein different contact resistances of the first region and the at least one further region are determined by different bearing pressures on the first region and the at least one further region.

3. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat-conducting property and the further heat-conducting property are characterized by different contact surfaces in the first region and the at least one further region.

4. The energy storage device according to claim 3 , wherein the different contact surfaces are determined by recesses in the contact element.

5. The energy storage device according to claim 3 , wherein the different contact surfaces are determined by recesses in the cooling plate.

6. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the first heat-conducting property and the further heat-conducting property comprise different cross sections of the first region and the at least one further region.

7. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact element is in direct contact with the at least one energy storage and wherein the first region has a greater heat conductance than a heat conductance of the at least one further region.

8. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling fin extends parallel to the at least one energy storage and perpendicular to the cooling plate.

9. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the first region and the at least one further region are provided in the film.

10. The energy storage device according to claim 1 , wherein the first region is arranged directly adjacent to the at least one further region along the heat transfer surface.

11. The device energy storage according to claim 1 , wherein the first region and the at least one further region are positioned between the heat transfer surface and the cooling fin.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2016
From: BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
To: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 039453/0641 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2012
From: HIRSCH, STEFAN; WIEBELT, ACHIM; SCHMID, CAROLINE; ISERMEYER, TOBIAS; EISELE, MARC-THOMAS
To: BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 027725/0764 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2009 014 954 · Mar 30, 2009 · national
DE 10 2009 035 088 · Jul 28, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2010053870 · Mar 25, 2010
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