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US 2022/0021073 A1Published application
Battery module
AssigneeSK Innovation Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeo Roh RHEE, Tae Il KIM, Ho Yeon KIM, Kang Gu LEE
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Abstract
A battery module includes a plurality of secondary battery cells, including at least one weak sealing portion, and a housing unit in which the plurality of secondary battery cells are accommodated. The housing unit includes a flame discharge opening formed to face the weak sealing portion such that flame or exhaust gas, discharged from the weak sealing portion, is induced to be discharged outwardly of the housing unit.
Claims20
A battery module comprising:
- a plurality of secondary battery cells including at least one weak sealing portion;
- and
- a housing unit in which the plurality of secondary battery cells is accommodated,
- wherein the housing unit includes a flame discharge opening formed to face the at least weak sealing portion such that flame or exhaust gas discharged from the weak sealing portion is guided outside of the housing unit.
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A battery module comprising:
- a housing unit including a plate member including a first plate portion, a second plate portion, a core portion coupling the first and second plate portions together to form a path, and a flame discharge opening;
- a plurality of secondary battery cells positioned adjacent to each other inside the housing unit,
- wherein each of the secondary battery cells includes at least one weak sealing portion positioned adjacent to the plate member;
- and
- wherein in the event of a weak sealing portion of any of the plurality of the battery cells ruptures due to a malfunction, flame or exhaust gas escaping from the ruptured weak sealing portion is discharged via the flame discharge opening into the path of the plate member and through the path of the plate member to an outside of the battery module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.