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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2021
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A battery housing includes at least one membrane-like degassing element which is designed to yield when a hot gas of the at least one battery cell is released into an interior of the battery housing, and in so doing to open up a degassing opening in the housing wall for discharging the hot gas from the interior to an area surrounding the battery housing, and at least one protective cap which, for protecting the at least one degassing element against environmental influences, is arranged on an outer side of the housing wall in a manner overlapping the at least one degassing element and which is fastened to the housing wall by way of a holding device, wherein the holding device is designed to yield, and to completely release the protective cap from the degassing opening, when the hot gas is discharged via the at least one degassing element.