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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
May. 12, 2015
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Sami A. Syed, Windsor, CA;
Herman K. Phlegm, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Troy, MI (US);
Edgar P. Calderon, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A high voltage battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a plurality of cooling fins dispersed between the battery cells, and a frame for holding the plurality of battery cells and the plurality of fins. An intumescent layer is proximate to at least one battery module component selected from the battery cells, the plurality of cooling fins, and the frame. The intumescent layer includes sodium silicate having formula NaSiO, pentaerythitol, a resin that is cross-linked by melamine, boron nitride particles, and triammonium phosphate.