creator Al-hallaj, Said creator Selman, Robert Power supply systems and associated methods of operation are provided based on the incorporation of a supply of phase change material in thermal contact with at least one cell element capable of a heat-generating charge or discharge of power. Also disclosed, such as for increased or improved heat transfer and dissipation, is battery module incorporation of a heat-conductive containment lattice member such as having a plurality of openings wherein at least a portion of the supply of the phase change material can be disposed as well as the inclusion of a plurality of module housing-protruding heat transfer fins. Submitted by Aric Ahrens (ahrens@iit.edu) on 2012-01-24T17:16:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 6942944.pdf: 216633 bytes, checksum: 5a8126045288a24d2a9135735c0beb32 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-01-24T17:16:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6942944.pdf: 216633 bytes, checksum: 5a8126045288a24d2a9135735c0beb32 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-09-13 Illinois Institute of Technology 2009-05-19 2005-09-13 6,942,944 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2454 en United States Patent Patent reformatted digital application/pdf No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ Open Access