Patent attributes
A temperature control device for temperature controlling a battery of a vehicle may include a housing defining a housing interior. The housing may include a housing bottom and a housing lid. A plurality of tubular bodies may be arranged in the housing interior adjacent to one another for a coolant to flow therethrough. A heating device may also be disposed within the housing interior and may include, on each of a lower side facing the housing bottom and on a top side facing the housing lid, a lower or an upper electrical contact plate for connecting the electric heating device to an electric source of energy. An electrical insulation may be disposed between the housing bottom and a lower electrical contact plate. The electric heating device and the electrical insulation may be formed as a heating module unit. The heating module unit may be installed into the housing as a unitary component to the housing.