US 12,469,923 B2
Optimized battery assembly venting
Daniel Alfredo Hernandez Saab, Irvine, CA (US); Rafael Lujan, Huntington Beach, CA (US); and Bruce Philip Edwards, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/889,984.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,290, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0074688 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/325 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/325 (2021.01) [H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack system, comprising:
a first wall positioned in a first portion of a vehicle;
a second wall positioned in a second portion of the vehicle;
a first plurality of pressure release valves attached to the first wall to align with a first exit trajectory of a first portion of gas at least partially defined by a first guiding rib of the first wall, wherein the first plurality of pressure release valves releases gas through the first wall; and
a second plurality of pressure release valves embedded in the second wall to align with a second exit trajectory of a second portion of gas at least partially defined by a second guiding rib of the second wall, wherein the second plurality of pressure release valves enables egress of gas through the second wall.