US 12,355,090 B2
Battery module including base plate having gas discharge passage, and battery pack and energy storage system including the same
Jae-Min Yoo, Daejeon (KR); Jeong-O Mun, Daejeon (KR); Eun-Gyu Shin, Daejeon (KR); and Yoon-Koo Lee, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/668,963.
Application 18/668,963 is a continuation of application No. 17/294,562, granted, now 12,015,165, previously published as PCT/KR2020/006862, filed on May 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0071733 (KR), filed on Jun. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0304919 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H01M 50/35 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/627 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/24 (2021.01) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 10/6556 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H01M 50/35 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/627 (2021.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module, comprising:
a base plate;
a front cover at a first end of the base plate and a rear cover at a second end of the base plate, the rear cover spaced from the front cover in a first direction;
a pair of gas discharge passages in the base plate extending in the first direction;
an outlet in the rear cover for each of the pair of gas discharge passages; and
a mesh cover over each outlet,
wherein each of the pair of gas discharge passages has an open portion formed by a top of the gas discharge passage.