IP Library Granted Patent US 12686015
Granted Patent B2
US 12686015 · App. 18/524,674 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Battery pack with structure for suppressing entry of charged particles

Inventor: Taro Matsushita (Toyokawa, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B03C3/47B03C1/035H01M50/358B03C2201/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12686015
App. No.
18/524,674
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery pack according to the present disclosure includes a battery cell, a case for storing the battery cell, a smoke exhaust port provided in the case, a smoke exhaust port provided outside the smoke exhaust port to form an electric field or a magnetic field outside the smoke exhaust port, and a trap device that traps charged particles by trapping the charged particles.

Claims (26)

1 . A battery pack comprising:

a battery cell;

a case for housing the battery cell;

a smoke exhaust port provided on a side surface of if the case, an eave being provided outside the smoke exhaust port; and

a trap device that is provided outside the smoke exhaust port and traps a charged particle by making an electric field outside the smoke exhaust port, the trap device including:

a first electrode; and

a second electrode that is disposed to face the first electrode and has a potential different from the first electrode;

wherein

a late with a plurality of holes is provided in the smoke exhaust port the date extending from an inner side of the case to an outer side of the smoke exhaust port:

the plate constitutes the first electrode by being electrically connected to one terminal of the battery cell;

the eave constitutes the second electrode by being electrically; connected to another terminal of the battery cell; and

an electric field in a vertical direction is made between the first electrode and the second electrode.

2 . A battery pack comprising:

a battery cell;

a case for housing the battery cell;

a smoke exhaust port provided in the case; and

a trap device that is provided outside the smoke exhaust port and traps a charged particle by making an electric field outside the smoke exhaust port, the trap device including:

a first electrode; and

a second electrode that is disposed to face the first electrode and has a potential different from the first electrode,

wherein:

the smoke exhaust port is provided on a side surface of the case;

the smoke exhaust port is provided with a lid having a plurality of holes;

a plate with a plurality of holes is disposed in front of the lid, the plate hanging down in a vertical direction;

the plate constitutes the first electrode by being electrically connected to one terminal of the battery cell;

the lid constitutes the second electrode by being electrically connected to another terminal of the battery cell; and

an electric field in a horizontal direction is made between the first electrode and the second electrode.