| 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 |

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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.
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