US 12,237,529 B2
Battery housing, battery and motor vehicle
Martin Schuessler, Koesching (DE); and Lars Kruse, Ingolstadt (DE)
Assigned to AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed by AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/929,433.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 211 088.6 (DE), filed on Jul. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0028424 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/30 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/30 (2021.01) [H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery housing for a battery for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a housing base;
a housing cover arranged opposite the housing base; and
multiple side walls, wherein a chamber is enclosed between the multiple side walls, the housing base, and the housing cover, at least one side wall of the multiple side walls comprises a first side wall element and a second side wall element which are arranged opposite each other and form a duct between them, the first side wall element faces the chamber, a protective wall is arranged between the first side wall element and the second side wall element, the chamber has at least one degassing opening arranged facing the first side wall element, the first side wall element has an opening at a predetermined area compared with the second side wall element; and
a cover element comprises a plug that is pressed into the first side wall element at the opening and configured to be detached from the opening by a fluid acting on the cover element, the at least one degassing opening and the opening of the first side wall element are at a same height relative to the housing base, and the plug is configured to only detach from the opening at a predetermined temperature of the fluid acting on the predetermined area.