US 11,688,895 B1
Battery safety system for detecting analytes
George Clayton Gibbs, Santa Clara, CA (US); Sung H. Lim, Mountain View, CA (US); Chiapu Chang, Saratoga, CA (US); Parth K. Patel, Livermore, CA (US); and Beomseok Kim, Hayward, CA (US)
Assigned to Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Lyten, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,735.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/318,739, filed on Mar. 10, 2022.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/30 (2021.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01)
CPC H01M 10/48 (2013.01) [B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); H01M 50/30 (2021.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery safety system for detecting analytes in off-gases, the battery safety system comprising:
a flow valve associated with a housing of a battery, the flow valve including a first valve coupled to a second valve, wherein:
the first valve is embedded inside the housing and defines a cavity through which off-gases including analytes released from the battery flow towards the second valve; and
the second valve extends through the housing to a surrounding environment and defines one or more openings through which the off-gases including the analytes exit the housing and dissipate into the surrounding environment; and
a sensing device disposed within the cavity and in fluidic contact with the off-gases including the analytes flowing from the first valve to the second valve, the sensing device including at least one sensor configured to detect a presence of one or more of the analytes.