Patent ID: 9692025
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: a) enclosing an electrode assembly for a battery cell within a closed case having a cylindrical shape and formed by a base, a cell cap assembly, and a side wall extending from the base to the cell cap assembly with the closed case defining a cavity therein containing the electrode assembly, the electrode assembly having a cathode and an anode with the electrode assembly constructed of materials that combust under a plurality of combustion conditions to generate a combustion material having a plurality of combustion material properties including a combustion material temperature and a combustion material pressure; and b) defining an ejectment structure within the cell cap assembly, the ejectment structure concentrically oriented with a top plate of the cell cap assembly and responsive to one or more particular combustion material properties of the plurality of combustion material properties directs the combustion material out of an ejectment aperture in a predetermined direction.