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Gas discharging device for battery pack

US6278259A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 6, 2000
Grant dateAug 21, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a battery pack, a plurality of batter modules provided with safety vents for discharging gas are arranged in parallel. A gas discharging device is provided in which discharge outlets of the safety vents of the respective battery modules are connected to at least one discharge gas tube installed in the alignment direction of the battery modules and connected to an external discharging section. The battery modules are connected in a manner that changes in the intervals between the discharge outlets of respective safety vents, due to expansion of the battery modules, are absorbed by expansion or displacement of theat least one discharge gas tube.

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