MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617075392 A) filed by Caterpillar Inc. on June 17, 2026, for System For Maintaining Working Temperature Of Energy Storage Cells Of Battery Modules.
Inventors include Murray, Trent; Cole, Brian, Michael; Mullen, Tyler, S.; and Swank, Matthew, Ryan.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: A system, for maintaining a working temperature of an energy storage cell of a battery module, includes a terminal. The terminal includes a heat pipe that defines a head portion and a shank portion. The shank portion is engageable with an electrical tab of the energy storage cell and defines a closed cavity having a hollow structure and a draining structure. Also, the system includes a working fluid contained within the closed cavity. The working fluid is configured to: receive heat from the electrical tab at a region where the shank portion engages with the electrical tab to be vaporized and urged through the hollow structure to reach up to a section of the closed cavity; and release the heat to the head portion at the section of the closed cavity to be condensed and drained through the draining structure to return to the region.
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