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Patent No.:

US 9548616 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2011

Hazard mitigation through gas flow communication between battery packs

Applicant:

Weston Arthur Hermann, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventor:

Weston Arthur Hermann, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

TESLA MOTORS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Garlick & Markison

Bruce E. Garlick

Primary Examiner:

Ula C Ruddock

Assistant Examiner:

Frank Chernow

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 16/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/633 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); B60L 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 1/02 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); H01M 12/06 (2006.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 10/6561 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0029 (2013.01); B60L 1/003 (2013.01); B60L 1/02 (2013.01); B60L 3/003 (2013.01); B60L 3/0061 (2013.01); B60L 11/1803 (2013.01); B60L 11/1809 (2013.01); B60L 11/1816 (2013.01); B60L 11/1846 (2013.01); B60L 11/1851 (2013.01); B60L 11/1857 (2013.01); B60L 11/1861 (2013.01); B60L 11/1864 (2013.01); B60L 11/1868 (2013.01); B60L 11/1874 (2013.01); B60L 11/1875 (2013.01); H01M 10/443 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/633 (2015.04); H01M 16/00 (2013.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); B60L 2210/30 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/14 (2013.01); B60L 2240/36 (2013.01); B60L 2240/421 (2013.01); B60L 2240/545 (2013.01); B60L 2240/547 (2013.01); B60L 2240/662 (2013.01); B60L 2250/12 (2013.01); H01M 10/6561 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01M 12/06 (2013.01); H02J 7/14 (2013.01); Y02E 60/12 (2013.01); Y02T 10/642 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7005 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7011 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7044 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7061 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7066 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7072 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7241 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7258 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7291 (2013.01); Y02T 90/121 (2013.01); Y02T 90/127 (2013.01); Y02T 90/128 (2013.01); Y02T 90/14 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01); Y02T 90/163 (2013.01); Y02T 90/169 (2013.01); Y04S 30/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for mitigating the effects of a thermal event within a non-metal-air battery pack is provided in which the hot gas and material generated during the event is directed into the metal-air cells of a metal-air battery pack. The metal-air cells provide a large thermal mass for absorbing at least a portion of the thermal energy generated during the event before it is released to the ambient environment. As a result, the risks to vehicle passengers, bystanders, first responders and property are limited.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hermann, Weston. (2017). Hazard mitigation through gas flow communication between battery packs (U.S. Patent No. 9548616). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9548616

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