Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hazard mitigation through gas flow communication between battery packs
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Application No.: US15406823Application Date: 2017-01-16
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Publication No.: US10763477B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Weston Arthur Hermann
- Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: H01M16/00
- IPC: H01M16/00 ; H01M10/63 ; H01M2/12 ; H01M10/633 ; H01M10/613 ; B60L1/00 ; B60L1/02 ; B60L3/00 ; H01M10/44 ; B60L50/51 ; B60L58/21 ; B60L58/27 ; B60L53/65 ; B60L58/26 ; B60L58/20 ; B60L58/12 ; B60L53/14 ; B60L58/16 ; H02J7/00 ; H01M2/10 ; H01M10/0525 ; H01M10/30 ; H01M10/32 ; H01M10/34 ; H01M10/48 ; H01M12/08 ; H01M10/6567 ; H01M10/6561 ; H02J7/14 ; H01M12/06 ; B60L50/64 ; B60L58/24
Abstract:
A system and method for mitigating the effects of a thermal event within a non-metal-air battery pack is provided in which the hot gas and material generated during the event is directed into the metal-air cells of a metal-air battery pack. The metal-air cells provide a large thermal mass for absorbing at least a portion of the thermal energy generated during the event before it is released to the ambient environment. As a result, the risks to vehicle passengers, bystanders, first responders and property are limited.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170125760A1 Hazard Mitigation Through Gas Flow Communication Between Battery Packs Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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