US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Electrified vehicle battery pressure relief structure" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,308, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Electrified vehicle battery pressure relief structure" was invented by Fei Gao (Hefei, China) and Bin Yin (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure relief structure for an electrified vehicle battery pack includes a valve body having a first end and a second end, and a through hole extending between the first end and the second end, a breathable membrane extending across the first end of the valve body, and a valve cover covering the breathable membrane and having fluid passages that couple the through hole to atmosphere. The valv...