Battery

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a battery includes: a battery case, an inner portion of which is sealed; a gas discharge portion for gas venting formed in the battery case; a battery module housed in the battery case, the battery module being an aggregation of a plurality of battery cells; a pressure relief portion formed in a part of the battery cell and allowing a vent gas expelled from an inner portion of the battery cell to flow out; and a vent path structure configuring a vent gas path through which the vent gas flows between the pressure relief portion and the gas discharge portion, and a liquid trap portion facilitating liquefaction of the vent gas flowing in the vent gas path and trapping the liquefied liquid.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.