US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on April 8 for "Battery pack with temperature-controlled vent gas flow" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,836, issued on April 8, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Battery pack with temperature-controlled vent gas flow" was invented by Anil Yadav (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes one or more battery modules subject to generating hot vent gasses during a thermal runaway event, a housing enclosing the battery modules therein and defining perimeter vent openings, and a plurality of perimeter vent assemblies. Each vent assembly is connected adjacent a corresponding one of the vent openings, and includes a translatable member, a gas diffuser block, and at least one sacrificial po...