MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517044377 A) filed by Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, U.S.A., on May 7, for 'modular thermal management systems.'
Inventor(s) include Seibert, Anthony Wayne; De Luca, Anthony Loren; Murugan, Dhanasekar; and Ravuri, Ramoji Rao Sharma.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A modular and on-demand battery thermal management system (BTMS) (126) for an electric machine (100) or a stationary energy storage solution with a battery (118) is disclosed. The BTMS (126) may include one or more independently operable BTMS modules (202), where each BTMS module (202) may be configured to cool a corresponding component of the electric machine (100), such as a particular battery pack (208, 210). Each BTMS module (202), in turn, may include a plurality of BTMS units (204) that cool coolant that is to be delivered to the components that are to be cooled within the electric machine (100). The individual BTMS units (204) may be independently operable by a BTMS controller (128) based at least in part on the cooling needs of the components to be cooled. The BTMS controller (128) is also configured to control pumps (216) and valves (302) to appropriately direct coolant to the BTMS units (204) that are operating in a modular fashion."
The patent application was internationally filed on Oct. 17, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/077045.
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