US 11,964,556 B2
Battery unit and hybrid vehicle with a battery unit
Dirk Eulitz, Bonn (DE); Klaus Gebert, Willich (DE); Harald Lorenz, Kirchdaun (DE); Daniel Marx, Bedburg (DE); and Fabian Siggia, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG, Bonn (DE)
Appl. No. 17/297,739
Filed by KAUTEX TEXTRON GMBH & CO. KG, Bonn (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/082513
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/109273, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 130 506.0 (DE), filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0041052 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 15/04 (2006.01); B60K 15/067 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60K 15/063 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 15/067 (2013.01) [B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60K 2015/0634 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery unit for a hybrid vehicle, comprising a battery housing which has a front side wall directed towards the front side of the hybrid vehicle and a rear side wall directed towards the rear side of the hybrid vehicle, and comprising at least one battery module which is arranged in the battery housing, wherein at least one fuel tank is arranged in the battery housing, wherein the battery housing completely encloses the fuel tank together with the at least one battery module, characterized in that the battery housing has at least one degassing opening for controlled pressure reduction in an interior of the battery housing.