Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

Kimio Tsubaki

Hiroyuki Hagano

Masayuki Nakagawa

Kenichi Mitsui

Tatsuo Suzuki

Yasunori Uchida

Shigeki Takeo

Hiroyuki Sato

Kazuhisa Ishida

Hiroshi Onaka

A battery assembly includes single-battery cells, and thermally-conductive members. The thermally-conductive members are formed of a soft material as a plated configuration. The soft material exhibits thermal conductivity and electric insulatability. The single-battery cells, and the thermally-conductive members are adhered to each other, and are disposed one after another alternately in a row, thereby interposing the thermally-conducive members between the single-cell batteries. The thermally-conductive members include a radiation surface respectively from which heat that the single-battery cells produce radiates. The single-battery cells are cooled indirectly by cooling the radiation surfaces of the thermally-conductive members.

Battery assembly

A fuel capincludes a casing, a handlemounted on an upper portion of the casingcomposed of a non-conductive resin material, and grounding mechanism composed of a conductive material. The grounding mechanism includes a contact memberthat is attached to the handleand is arranged at a position to be in contact with the handlewhen the handleis held with fingers, and a tetherthat is linked with the contact memberand is used for connection with a fueling lid. When the user grasps an operating portionof the handle, the user touches archesof the contact memberand the static electricity accumulated in the user is grounded through the tether. The fuel capof this simple structure does not require the high accuracy of dimensions to form the grounding means and attains the sufficient shock resistance.

Fuel cap

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Kimio Tsubaki