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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Fca Us Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Uday Mahakali, Novi, MI (US);
Sreekanth Surapaneni, Oakland, MI (US);
Venkata Chagarlamudi, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
FCA US LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle that includes a controller and a battery pack including a casing having a plurality of battery cells stored therein. The casing includes a plurality of vents for discharging battery exhaust gases. A sensor is in communication with an interior of the casing and the controller, and the sensor is configured to generate either a signal indicative of a temperature of the interior of the casing or a signal indicative of a pressure within the interior of the casing. A plurality of thermal barriers are attached to the vehicle that are configured to deploy based on an instruction received from the controller that is based on the signal indicative of the temperature or the signal indicative of the pressure.