Motor vehicles – Power – With means to guide and/or control air for power plant cooling
Patent
1989-02-14
1990-12-11
Marmor, Charles A.
Motor vehicles
Power
With means to guide and/or control air for power plant cooling
180 683, 180 685, B60K 1100, B60K 1302, B60R 1604
Patent
active
049763270
ABSTRACT:
A battery module for insulating a battery from the heat of the engine of a motor vehicle, the module including a battery compartment, an air inlet and an air outlet, a first air flow path connecting the air inlet to the air outlet and a second air flow path around the outside of the battery compartment connecting the air inlet to the air outlet, a damper positioned in the housing for movement between a first position wherein the first air flow path is open and the second air flow path is closed and a second position wherein the first air flow path is closed and the second air flow path is open, a shape memory alloy member for moving the damper from the first position to the second position when the ambient temperature exceeds a predetermined minimum and a spring for biasing the damper to the first position when the ambient temperature is less than the predetermined temperature.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2104769 (1938-01-01), Saunders
patent: 2717045 (1955-09-01), Nallinger
patent: 3977490 (1976-08-01), Flaig
patent: 4065170 (1977-12-01), Fabian et al.
AbuJudom, II David N.
Dougherty Thomas J.
Inkmann Mark S.
Johnson Richard T.
Karolek Neil C.
Camby Richard
Globe-Union Inc.
Marmor Charles A.
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