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US 2025/0158210 A1Published application
Battery vent system
AssigneeProterra Powered LLC
InventorsDuybao DAO, Nicholas H. HERRON, Derek R. PAUL
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Abstract
A vent system is disclosed that is positionable in an outer wall of a battery pack. The vent system can include a carrier plate, an annular ring extended from the carrier plate, a valve disposed in a lumen of the annular ring, and a plurality of spokes extending from the annular ring toward a central axis of the annular ring, the plurality of spokes configured to melt during thermal runaway and expose a hole of the outer wall of the battery pack.
Claims20
A vent system positionable in an outer wall of a battery pack, comprising:
- a carrier plate,
- an annular ring extended from the carrier plate,
- a valve disposed in a lumen of the annular ring, and
- a plurality of spokes extending from the annular ring toward a central axis of the annular ring, the plurality of spokes configured to melt during thermal runaway and expose a hole of the outer wall of the battery pack.
1 more element
A battery pack, comprising:
- an outer housing including a plurality of walls;
- a vent system disposed in at least one of the plurality of walls,
- wherein the vent system includes:
- a carrier plate,
- an annular ring extended from the carrier plate,
- a valve disposed in a lumen of the annular ring, and
- a plurality of spokes extending from the annular ring toward a central axis, the plurality of spokes configured to melt during thermal runaway and expose a hole of the outer wall of the battery pack.
4 more elements
A vent system for a battery, comprising:
- a carrier plate;
- an annular ring extended from the carrier plate;
- a valve disposed in a lumen of the annular ring;
- a cover including at least one through hole extended through an upper surface of the cover and attached to the carrier plate;
- and
- a disk between the cover and the valve, the disk being compressible against the valve causing the valve to press against the lumen of the annular ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.