Patent ID: 11916250
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 14:
15. A battery assembly for an electrified vehicle, comprising:
a battery array having a plurality of battery cells, wherein each of the battery cells includes a vent configured to release vent gas from a respective one of the battery cells;
an enclosure assembly surrounding the battery array; and
a vent gas passageway within the enclosure assembly, wherein the vent gas passageway includes a plurality of inlet ports, wherein each of the inlet ports is substantially aligned with a respective one of the vents, wherein the vent gas passageway is bound within a plate assembly, wherein the plate assembly includes a first plate and a second plate, wherein the inlet ports are provided by the second plate, wherein the vent gas passageway includes a first section and a second section, wherein a central projection extending between the first plate and the second plate and overlapping the inlet ports, when viewed from above, is configured as a divider such that the central projection directs vent gas entering the vent gas passageway from one or more of the inlet ports into either the first section or the second section.