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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Sho Ando, Seto, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/00 (2021.01); H01M 50/392 (2021.01); H01M 50/342 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/392 (2021.01); H01M 50/342 (2021.01);
Abstract
A battery unit includes a secondary battery, a first trap, and a second trap. The secondary battery includes a battery case provided with a gas vent valve, and an electrolyte solution enclosed in the battery case. The first trap includes a mesh material disposed outside the battery case so as to oppose and cover the gas vent valve. The second trap includes a liquid retaining material made of a non-flammable material and disposed further outward of the first trap so as to oppose and cover the gas vent valve.