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Granted Patent B2
US 8,357,462 · App. 13/282,647 · Granted Jan 22, 2013

Battery safety vent and battery with the same

Inventors: Jianhua Zhu (Shenzhen, CN); Qing Lai (Shenzhen, CN); Wenya Pi (Shenzhen, CN); Luxia Jiang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: BYD Company Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,357,462
App. No.
13/282,647
Granted
Jan 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention disclosed a battery safety vent comprising: an explosion-proof film fixed on a battery cover plate, a safety vent cover covering the explosion-proof film and having a pressure release aperture, and an explosion-proof pin disposed on top of the safety vent cover, in which a free head of the pin is blunt and points to the explosion-proof film. The present invention further disclosed a battery having the above battery safety vent.

Claims (18)

1. A battery safety vent, comprising: a film fixed on a battery cover plate;

a safety vent cover covering the film and having a pressure release aperture; and a pin disposed at a top of the safety vent cover, wherein the pin includes a head, which is placed at a predetermined distance from the film and is blunt and points to the film,

wherein the head of the pin has hard particles disposed thereon and have a mesh size ranging from 50 mesh to 500 mesh.

2. The battery safety vent of claim 1 , further comprising a base fixed on the battery cover plate, wherein the film is fixed on the base.

3. The battery safety vent of claim 1 , further comprising a pressing ring pressed at the edge of the film.

4. The battery safety vent of claim 1 , wherein the head of the pin is flat and circular.

5. The battery safety vent of claim 1 , wherein, the head of the pin is spherical.

6. The battery safety vent of claim 5 , wherein the film is circular, and the radius ratio of the head of the in to the film ranges from about 1:7 to about 1:10.

7. The battery safety vent of claim 1 , wherein the film is made from stainless steel.

8. The battery safety vent of claim 1 , wherein the top of the safety vent cover is formed with an inserting hole and the pin is fixed in the inserting hole.

9. A battery, comprising: an electric core; a shell housing the electric core; a cover plate disposed on an end surface of the shell and formed with a gas release aperture; and a battery safety vent disposed on the cover plate and around the gas release aperture, wherein the battery safety vent comprises: a film fixed on the cover plate; a safety vent cover covering the film and having a pressure release aperture; and a pin disposed at a top of the safety vent cover, wherein a head of the pin, which is placed at a predetermined distance from the film, is blunt and points to the film, wherein the head of the in comprises hard particles having a mesh size ranging from 50 mesh to 500 mesh.

10. The battery safety vent of claim 9 , further comprising a base fixed on the battery cover plate, wherein the film is fixed on the base.

11. The battery safety vent of claim 9 , further comprising a pressing ring pressed at the edge of the film and fixed with the film.

12. The battery safety vent of claim 9 , wherein the head of the pin is flat and circular.

13. The battery safety vent of claim 9 , wherein, the head of the pin is spherical.

14. The battery safety vent of claim 13 , wherein the film is circular, and the radius ratio of the head of the pin to the film ranges from about 1:7 to about 1:10.

15. The battery safety vent of claim 9 , wherein the film is made from stainless steel.

16. The battery safety vent of claim 9 , wherein the top of the safety vent cover is formed with an inserting hole and the pin is fixed in the inserting hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2011
From: ZHU, JIANHUA; LAI, QING; PI, WENYA; JIANG, LUXIA
To: BYD CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 027132/0117 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2009 2 0131253 U · Apr 30, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2010071729 · Apr 13, 2010
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