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Abstract

An enclosure includes a battery chamber for housing one or more rechargeable batteries capable of releasing hydrogen gas over time, a ventilation chamber positioned above the battery chamber, and a wall extending between the battery chamber and the ventilation chamber. The battery chamber includes an inlet for allowing air to enter the battery chamber. The wall includes one or more perforations to allow hydrogen gas released by the one or more rechargeable batteries to pass from the battery chamber into the ventilation chamber. The ventilation chamber includes at least one exterior wall having one or more perforations to allow the hydrogen gas in the ventilation chamber to exit the enclosure. Other example enclosures and methods of exhausting hydrogen gas from enclosures are also disclosed.

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