Valve for an Electronic Component and Battery with such a Safety Valve

The disclosure relates to a safety valve () for an electronic component. The valve can open and equalize pressure with the surrounding atmosphere when a predetermined critical internal pressure is reached or exceeded inside the component's housing. The safety valve () includes a membrane () and an emergency degassing unit. When the critical pressure is reached, the emergency degassing unit punctures or slits the membrane (), increasing its fluid permeability in the affected area to allow rapid pressure relief. The emergency degassing unit includes a piercing structure with at least one piercing tooth (). In top view, the piercing tooth () may have a tri-lobular, hexagonal, polygonal, star-shaped, quadrilateral, X-shaped, K-shaped, C-shaped, Y-shaped, or otherwise irregular geometry.