Patent ID: 9553290
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Claim:
1. A gas discharge structure for a battery cover, comprising: a battery cover that covers part or all of a battery, and that covers a gas release port of the battery; a first hose that is connected with the battery cover at a position of a through-hole provided on the battery cover; and an electric wire that is electrically connected to the battery, is inserted into the first hose, and is drawn out to an outside of a vehicle compartment through an electric-wire lead-out hole provided on a vehicle body panel, wherein a space formed between the electric wire and the first hose communicates with a space inside the battery cover, wherein the space formed between the electric wire and the first hose is in fluid communication with gas discharge from the battery, wherein an end portion of the first hose is located at a position corresponding to the electric-wire lead-out hole, so that an opening of the space formed between the electric wire and the first hose faces the outside of the vehicle compartment, and wherein the space inside the battery cover communicates with the outside of the vehicle compartment via the space formed between the electric wire and the first hose.