18762926. BATTERY SYSTEM (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)

BATTERY SYSTEM

Organization Name

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Shintaro Utsumi of Susono-shi JP

Masato Ono of Nagoya-shi JP

Kazuhito Kato of Toyota-shi JP

Yusuke Kintsu of Miyoshi-shi JP

Atsushi Yamanaka of Nagoya-shi JP

Takaaki Goto of Seto-shi JP

Hiroki Awano of Susono-shi JP

BATTERY SYSTEM

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18762926 titled 'BATTERY SYSTEM

Original Abstract Submitted

A case constituting an outer shape of a second cooler disposed between the battery cells and containing a second fluid having a lower thermal conductivity than the first fluid therein is constituted by a buffer member capable of expanding and contracting in accordance with a flow rate of the second fluid in the case, and the control unit increases a flow rate of the second fluid to be supplied to the second cooler when the temperature of the battery cell is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value than when the temperature of the battery cell is lower than the threshold value.