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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Weston Arthur Hermann, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Ira Kohn, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vineet Haresh Mehta, Mountain View, CA (US);
David G. Beck, Tiburon, CA (US);
Inventors:
Weston Arthur Hermann, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Scott Ira Kohn, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vineet Haresh Mehta, Mountain View, CA (US);
David G. Beck, Tiburon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery pack is provided that includes one or more thermal barrier elements, the thermal barrier elements dividing the cells within the battery pack into groups of cells. The thermal barrier elements that separate the cells into groups prevent a thermal runaway event initiated in one group of cells from propagating to the cells within a neighboring group of cells.