US 12,034,175 B2
Lightweight structural vented battery system for electric and hybrid electric vehicles
Jeffrey Spitzer, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Ampaire, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed by Ampaire, Inc., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/958,880.
Application 17/958,880 is a continuation of application No. 17/548,058, filed on Dec. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,817,597.
Prior Publication US 2023/0187766 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/033 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/30 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/30 (2021.01) [B60R 16/033 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery system for a vehicle, the battery system comprising:
multiple battery modules, wherein individual ones of the multiple battery modules comprise multiple battery cells and a lid, wall, and plate connected together to define an interior, the plate having multiple battery module exhaust ports formed therethrough, wherein individual ones of the multiple battery cells are disposed within the interior of a first battery module, wherein each of the multiple battery cells comprises a corresponding battery cell exhaust port, wherein each battery cell exhaust port is in fluid communication with a corresponding one of the multiple battery module exhaust ports of the first battery module; and
one or more structural members mechanically coupled to the multiple battery modules;
wherein the one or more structural members and the multiple battery modules define an exhaust chamber;
wherein the exhaust chamber is in fluid communication with the battery module exhaust ports of the multiple battery modules; and
wherein the one or more structural members comprise an outlet port in fluid communication with the exhaust chamber and an exterior of the exhaust chamber.