BATTERY MODULE ENCLOSURE WITH STIFFENING STRUCTURE

A battery system includes a cover including a plurality of guide apertures. The battery system includes a thermal barrier disposed adjacent the plurality of guide apertures of the cover. The battery system includes a stiffening structure disposed between the cover and the thermal barrier. The plurality of guide apertures guides emissions through the cover, and the thermal barrier absorbs heat energy generated by the emissions. The battery system may further include a plurality of battery cells, and the thermal barrier may be disposed between the plurality of battery cells and the cover. Each of the plurality of guide apertures of the cover may be aligned with a vent of one of the plurality of battery cells. The stiffening structure may also include cutouts each shaped to correspond to at least one vent. The stiffening structure may also include indentions to press the thermal barrier against the plurality of battery cells.