US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on June 16 for "Battery module with cell degassing openings" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,503, issued on June 16, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Battery module with cell degassing openings" was invented by Philipp Kellner (Renningen, Germany) and Christopher Volkmer (Niefern-Oschelbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a cuboidal module housing, and, on a degassing side of the module housing, at least one module degassing opening. The battery module is connected to a temperature control system and the plurality of battery cells is directly surrounded by the flow of a temperature control fluid. A respective battery cell inclu...