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FOLDED MEMBRANE CARRIER FOR BATTERY CASE VENTING

Publication EP4712242A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

MANN+HUMMEL GmbH

Inventors

PLOPPA, Martin, VOGT, Sabine

Abstract

A venting unit (34) for a battery case, the venting unit (34) comprising a housing part (36) delimiting a vent opening (38), and a membrane assembly (10; 10') spanning across the vent opening (38) and comprising a membrane carrier (12; 12') comprising carrier segments (14) and flow windows (16) respectively disposed through the carrier segments (14), and membrane segments (18) respectively covering the flow windows (16). Each adjacent pair of the carrier segments (14) is folded against one another along a film hinge (20) disposed therebetween.

IPC Classifications

H01M 50/325 20210101AFI20250120BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR