Patent ID: 11929518
Assignee: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 6:
7. A method for controlling degassing elements for conducting gas out of a battery housing of a traction battery for a motor vehicle, the method comprising:
identifying a cell outgassing;
localizing the cell outgassing by a sensing system;
sending, by the sensing system, detection signals to a control unit;
receiving, by the control unit, the detection signals from the sensing system; and
sending, by the control unit, control signals to actuate the degassing elements such that a first degassing element situated nearest the cell outgassing remains closed and one or more other degassing elements that are farther away from the cell outgassing are opened.