US Patent Issued to Subaru on Sept. 15 for "Cooling structure for battery modules" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,565, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Subaru Corp. (Tokyo).

"Cooling structure for battery modules" was invented by Tatsuya Ishikawa (Tokyo) and Shinichi Kimura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling structure includes battery modules including battery cells, an intake duct allowing cooling air to flow to the battery modules, and a chamber communicating with the intake duct. The chamber is interposed between the adjacent battery modules. The chamber includes a body, sealing members, and a reinforcing rib. The body has a box shape and includes openings at both ends in an arrangement direction of the battery modules, and c...