Battery and gas effluent system therefor
US6284404A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 4, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P70/50
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle (V) includes a battery enclosure (152) enclosing a battery system (B). Each battery (B.sub.n) includes a cell (1) that comprises a rolled lamination (LM) of a positive sheet electrode (11) having layers (13) of positive-pole-oriented active substance coated on both side of a charge collecting sheet (12), a negative sheet electrode (21) having layers (23) of negative-pole-oriented active substance coated on both sides of another charge collecting sheet (22), and electrolyte-containing separator (31) between the layers of active substances. The batter further includes a cell enclosure (2) totally enclosing the cell. A gas effluent system (100) for the battery system comprises a gas release system (RS.sub.n) for generated gas in the cell of each battery to be released outside the cell enclosure, and a gas discharge system (DS) for released gas to be discharged outside the battery enclosure. The gas release system comprises gas release circuitry including a network (NT) of blanks (Cp: P=1,2, . . . , q, . . . ) formed in the lamination, e.g. pointed or zoned blanks (14, 14A, 15, 16, 17, 18) formed in the layer(s) of active substance(s) and/or the charge collecting electrode(s)…
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