{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "An intermediate cover for a battery pack includes a frame defining a plurality of openings, and a plurality of caps attached to the frame. Each cap is positioned and structured to removably close an associated frame opening. Each opening is arranged to overlie an associated housing cavity of the…",
  "path": "/patents/1426793",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "H01M50/383",
    "Tyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc."
  ],
  "textContent": "An intermediate cover for a battery pack includes a frame defining a plurality of openings, and a plurality of caps attached to the frame. Each cap is positioned and structured to removably close an associated frame opening. Each opening is arranged to overlie an associated housing cavity of the battery housing when the intermediate cover is attached to the housing. Upon initiation of a thermal event in one of the housing cavities, a cap removably closing an intermediate cover opening associated with the cavity may detach from the remainder of the cover, allowing thermal event by-products to exit from the cavity, while caps covering other openings and housing cavities remain in place, thereby protecting undamaged battery cells/modules from the escaping thermal event by-products. An electric vehicle battery system including the intermediate cover and a method for limiting exposure of a battery module to thermal event by-products are also disclosed.",
  "title": "MANAGEMENT OF THERMAL EVENT BY-PRODUCTS IN A BATTERY PACK"
}