Filter device and housing of battery with filter device

Abstract

A filter device for filtering a fluid stream of a housing of a battery of a traction battery of a motor vehicle includes a cover element including a base section, a top section, and a fluid permeable fluid passage for venting, the cover element including an open end at a free end of the base section and a closed end at a free end of the top section, and the base section connected to the top section. The filter device further includes a filter arrangement arranged between the free end of the base section and the free end of the top section, and at least one pressure relief valve arranged on the top section in an intended fluid flow direction downstream of the filter arrangement. The filter arrangement includes a filter element and a particle separator arranged upstream of the filter element in the intended fluid flow direction.

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