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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Weston Arthur Hermann, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex Prilutsky, San Mateo, CA (US);
Vineet Haresh Mehta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Weston Arthur Hermann, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Alex Prilutsky, San Mateo, CA (US);
Vineet Haresh Mehta, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A battery pack thermal management system is provided that is comprised of at least one enclosure failure port integrated into at least one wall of a battery pack enclosure, where the enclosure failure port(s) remains closed during normal operation of the battery pack, and opens during a battery pack thermal runaway event, thereby providing a flow path for hot gas generated during the thermal runaway event to be exhausted out of the battery pack enclosure in a controlled fashion.