US 11,912,123 B2
Traction battery pack venting system and venting method
Chung-Hsing Kuo, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Yongcai Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US); LeeAnn Wang, Canton, MI (US); and Che-chun Chang, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/545,474.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173901 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H01M 50/317 (2021.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H01M 50/317 (2021.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traction battery pack venting system, comprising:
a plurality of battery arrays within an enclosure of a traction battery pack, the battery arrays each having a plurality of individual battery cells; and
a divider system within the enclosure, the divider system and the enclosure together providing a plurality of vented gas receiving compartments, each of the vented gas receiving compartments separate and distinct from the other vented gas receiving compartments within the plurality of vented gas receiving compartments, each of the vented gas receiving compartments partially provided by the divider system and partially provided by the enclosure, each of the vented gas receiving compartments associated with one of the battery arrays.