18454845. THERMAL RUNAWAY EXHAUST DELAY MECHANISM (FCA US LLC)
THERMAL RUNAWAY EXHAUST DELAY MECHANISM
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Inventor(s)
Shreekanth Surapaneni of Oakland MI (US)
Venkata Chagarlamudi of Rochester Hills MI (US)
THERMAL RUNAWAY EXHAUST DELAY MECHANISM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18454845 titled 'THERMAL RUNAWAY EXHAUST DELAY MECHANISM
Original Abstract Submitted
A vehicle including a battery pack including housing having a plurality of battery modules contained therein. The housing includes a plurality of vents for discharging battery gases generated by the plurality of battery modules. A plurality of discharge pipes are in communication with each of the vents, and a temporary storage system is connected to the discharge pipes and configured to selectively store the battery gases received from the discharge pipes, wherein the temporary storge system includes a collection container and an outlet valve, and the outlet valve is configured to discharge the battery gases from the collection container upon a predetermined pressure threshold being reached within the collection container.