Motor vehicles – Power – Battery mountings and holders
Patent
1995-05-31
1996-08-06
Camby, Richard M.
Motor vehicles
Power
Battery mountings and holders
219202, B60R 1604
Patent
active
055424899
ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for heating and cooling a vehicle battery includes a thermal chamber shaped to hold the vehicle battery. The thermal chamber includes a floor and three walls and is positioned against a fender of the vehicle so that the fender forms a fourth wall of the chamber. The thermal chamber includes an inlet opening for receiving air and an outlet opening for expelling air. The inlet opening receives air from a first inlet duct which transports ambient air from outside of the engine compartment, and from a second inlet duct which transports air from an exhaust manifold of the engine. A temperature controlled damper directs air from either the first inlet duct or the second inlet duct into the inlet opening. An outlet duct transports air expelled through the outlet opening into the engine intake manifold. A filter positioned in the thermal chamber filters the air expelled through the outlet duct. The thermal chamber also includes heating elements which may be energized by household current to heat the thermal chamber.
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Allison Johnny H.
Hammer Kathleen M.
Kaminski David P.
Camby Richard M.
Ford Motor Company
May Roger L.
Mollon Mark L.
Vanaman Frank
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