# US 2025/0096352 A1 · Battery pack and vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0096352 A1 - Document ID: US20250096352A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/824,957 - Filed: 2024-09-05 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-18 - Assignees: Eve Energy Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Eve Energy Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yuanyuan WANG; Shiwei YAN; Huajun LIU; Chenyang MENG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250096352A1 ## CPC - H01M 10/6554: Rods or plates - H01M 10/613: Cooling or keeping cold - H01M 10/625: Vehicles - H01M 10/647: Prismatic or flat cells, e.g. pouch cells - H01M 10/6556: Solid parts with flow channel passages or pipes for heat exchange (closed pipes H01M10/6552) - H01M 10/6566: Means within the gas flow to guide the flow around one or more cells, e.g. manifolds, baffles or other barriers (H01M10/6565 takes precedence) - H01M 10/6568: characterised by flow circuits, e.g. loops, located externally to the cells or cell casings - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/233: characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions - H01M 50/249: specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) - H01M 50/30: Arrangements for facilitating escape of gases - H01M 50/325: comprising deformable valve members, e.g. elastic or flexible valve members - H01M 50/3425: {in the form of rupturable membranes or weakened parts, e.g. pierced with the aid of a sharp member} - H01M 50/358: External gas exhaust passages located on the battery cover or case - H01M 50/367: Internal gas exhaust passages forming part of the battery cover or case; Double cover vent systems - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract The present application provide a battery pack and a vehicle, the battery pack includes a battery module and a cooling plate. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells having respective pressure release valves, and the pressure release valves are located in a pressure release region. The cooling plate is disposed above the battery cells, and the cooling plate is provided with a cooling channel therein. The cooling plate is provided with a protruding portion, a protruding direction of the protruding portion is away from the battery cells, the protruding portion is provided at a position corresponding to the pressure release region, and the protruding portion is provided with a plurality of exhaust vents disposed at respective positions corresponding to the pressure release valves. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery pack, comprising: a plurality of battery cells having respective pressure release valves, the pressure release valves being located in a pressure release region; and a cooling plate disposed above the battery cells, wherein the cooling plate is provided with a cooling channel therein; wherein the cooling plate is provided with a protruding portion, a protruding direction of the protruding portion is away from the battery cells, the protruding portion is provided at a position corresponding to the pressure release region, and the protruding portion is provided with a plurality of exhaust vents disposed at respective positions corresponding to the pressure release valves. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the cooling plate comprises a first plate and a second plate that are stacked, the second plate is located at a side of the first plate away from the battery cells, and a portion of the first plate and the second plate are hermetically sealing connected, such that the cooling channel is formed, wherein the protruding portion is provided on the first plate; and the second plate is provided with an opening at a position corresponding to the protruding portion, such that the protruding portion passes through the opening. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The battery pack according to claim 2, wherein the protruding portion comprises a side wall and a platform that are connected to each other, and the exhaust vents are located in the platform. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The battery pack according to claim 3, wherein a first rounded corner is formed at a junction between the side wall and a planar portion of the first plate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The battery pack according to claim 4, wherein a second rounded corner is formed at a junction between the side wall and the platform. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The battery pack according to claim 3, wherein an included angle is formed between the side wall and the first plate, and the included angle is greater than 90° and less than 180°. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The battery pack according to claim 5, wherein a fillet radius of the first rounded corner is greater than 0.5 mm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The battery pack according to claim 5, wherein a fillet radius of the second rounded corner is greater than 0.5 mm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The battery pack according to claim 5, wherein a fillet radius of the first rounded corner is greater than 0.5 mm, and a fillet radius of the second rounded corner is greater than 0.5 mm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The battery pack according to claim 5, wherein a fillet radius of the first rounded corner and a fillet radius of the second rounded corner are same. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The battery pack according to claim 3, also comprising conductive connectors located above the battery cells, and the battery cells are electrically connected through the conductive connectors; wherein a vertical distance between a surface of the platform facing the battery cells and the conductive connectors is greater than or equal to 4 mm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The battery pack according to claim 3, wherein a vertical distance between the surface of the platform facing the battery cells and a surface of the first plate facing the battery cells is less than 5 mm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The battery pack according to claim 2, wherein a distance between an edge of the opening and an edge of a bottom of the protruding portion is greater than or equal to 3 mm. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein an edge of a projection of each exhaust vent on a plane where a corresponding pressure release valve is located is located outside a region where the corresponding pressure release valve is located. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The battery pack according to claim 14, wherein a distance between the edge of the projection of the exhaust vent on the plane where the corresponding pressure release valve is located and an edge of the corresponding pressure valve is greater than or equal to 2 mm. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The battery pack according to claim 2, wherein the first plate is provided with a channel bulge, a protruding direction of the channel bulge is toward the battery cells, and the channel bulge and a planar portion of the second plate are sealed to form the cooling channel; or the second plate is provided with a channel bulge, a protruding direction of the channel bulge is away from the battery cells, and the channel bulge and a planar portion of the first plate are sealed to form the cooling channel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The battery pack according to claim 11, wherein a surface of the first plate facing the battery cells is provided with an insulating layer, and the cooling plate and the conductive connectors are insulated by the insulating layer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the cooling channel is disposed around the protruding portion, and the cooling channel comprises main channels extending along a length direction of the protruding portion and confluence channels located at two ends of each main channel, wherein each confluence channel extends along a width direction of the protruding portion and is connected to the main channels. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The battery pack according to claim 1, wherein the exhaust hole has a same number as the battery cell, and the pressure relief valves of the plurality of battery cells are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of exhaust vents. ### Claim 20 A vehicle, comprising a battery pack, wherein the battery pack comprises: a plurality of battery cells having respective pressure release valves, the pressure release valves being located in a pressure release region; and a cooling plate disposed above the battery cells, wherein the cooling plate is provided with a cooling channel therein; wherein the cooling plate is provided with a protruding portion, a protruding direction of the protruding portion is away from the battery cells, the protruding portion is provided at a position corresponding to the pressure release region, and the protruding portion is provided with a plurality of exhaust vents disposed at respective positions corresponding to the pressure release valves.