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US 12,586,863 B2Granted
Battery pack with improved gas venting path
AssigneeLG Energy Solution, Ltd.
InventorsJu-Hwan Shin, Tae-Kyeong Lee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Hyoung-Suk Lee
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Abstract
A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, each including battery cells, a module housing accommodating the battery cells and a gas venting channel in communication with an inside of the module housing; and a pack case accommodating the plurality of battery modules, the pack case including a top plate to cover upper parts of the plurality of battery modules, the top plate having a venting port, wherein the gas venting channel of each battery module is in communication with the venting port.
Claims17
A battery pack, comprising:
- a plurality of battery modules, each of the plurality of battery modules including battery cells and a module housing accommodating the battery cells;
- a pack case accommodating the plurality of battery modules, the pack case including a top plate to cover upper parts of the plurality of battery modules, the top plate having at least one venting port,
- wherein each module housing includes a gas venting channel, each gas venting channel including:
- a duct of a hollow structure;
- at least one gas inlet provided on a first side of the duct;
- and
- a gas outlet provided on a second side of the duct at a predetermined distance from the gas inlet in an extension direction of the duct,
- wherein the gas venting channel is in communication with the at least one venting port, and
- wherein the at least one gas inlet aligns with a first opening of each module housing, and the gas outlet aligns with the at least one venting port of the top plate.
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