Envision Aesc Japan Ltd.

Nissan Motor Company Limited

Aesc Japan Ltd.

Masayuki Nakai

Yasuhiro Yanagihara

Masahiro Nakamoto

Manabu Fukuoka

Manato Itabashi

Yui Suzuki

Gen Takayama

Yuta Motohashi

Takao Iwasaki

Yusuke Tsuji

Fumio Kishida

A battery module includes a cell stack in which a plurality of plate-shaped cells is stacked such that each main surface, which is a surface of each of the plate-shaped cells in a cell thickness direction, faces one another.

Battery module, and method of manufacturing battery module

A spacer (first spacer) has an insulating property, is used in a battery pack, obtained by electrically interconnecting unit cellsthat are stacked one atop another, by means of a bus baralong the stacking direction (Z direction) of the unit cells, each having a cell bodyH, which includes a power-generating elementand is formed in a flat shape, and an electrode tab, which is drawn out from the cell bodyH and whose distal end portionis folded along the thickness direction of the cell bodyH; and is provided between each of the unit cells. The first spacer has an abutting portion, a recessed portion, and a communicating portion. The abutting portion abuts the distal end portion of the electrode tab along the stacking direction of the unit cells. The recessed portion is recessed in a direction intersecting the stacking direction of the unit cells so as to be separated from the distal end portion of the electrode tab. The communicating portion allows an inner side of the recessed portion to communicate with the outside of the recessed portion.

Spacer, battery pack, and method for manufacturing battery pack

A method for assembling a battery pack having a cell group includes stacking the plurality of the unit cells such that distal end portions of the electrode tabs of the unit cells are bent along a stacking direction, disposing a pair of first cover members both ends of the unit cells in the stacking direction, disposing a pair of second cover members on both ends of the unit cells in a direction that intersects with the stacking direction, welding the first and second cover members while the cell group is pressurized using the first cover members. The welding of the first cover members and the second cover members is performed prior to electrically connecting the unit cells by a bus bar. The method further includes laser-welding the bus bar to distal end portions of the electrode tabs after the first cover members and the second cover members are welded.

Method for assembling battery pack, and battery pack

A battery pack includes a cell group, a bus bar and a terminal member. The cell group includes a plurality of unit cells stacked in a thickness direction. Each of the unit cells includes a battery main body having a power generation element and a flat shape, and an electrode tab protruding out from the battery main body and arranged along a stacking direction. The bus bar is joined to the electrode tabs and electrically connects the electrode tabs. The terminal member is joined to the bus bar to transfer input and output of electric power in the cell group. The terminal member is joined to the bus bar at a terminal joining position that is spaced away from a joining position between the bus bar and the electrode tabs when viewing a surface on which the electrode tabs are arranged from a direction that is orthogonal to the surface.

Battery pack and method for producing battery pack

A battery pack includes battery modules and a base member on which the battery modules are mounted. The battery modules include a plurality of unit cells are stacked in a thickness direction, have a flat shape and positive and negative terminals for transferring input and output of electric power. The terminals are disposed on an opposite side of the base member side in the battery module. The unit cells include a cell body that includes a power generation element and an electrode tab. The battery module includes a pair of first cover members in the stacking direction and a pair of second cover members in a direction that intersects with the stacking direction and that intersects with a direction in which the electrode tab extends. The second cover members are joined to the first cover members while the stacked unit cells are pressurized in the stacking direction.

Battery pack and method for producing same

A battery pack has a cell group and a bus bar. The cell group is stacking a plurality of unit cells in a thickness direction. The unit cells each includes a cell body having a power generation element and a flat shape, and an electrode tab protruding out from the cell body. The electrode tabs have distal end portions bent in a stacking direction of the unit cells. The flat plate shape bus bar connects the distal end portions of the electrode tabs of the unit cells while facing the distal end portions, and electrically connects the electrode tabs of at least two of the unit cells with each other.

Battery pack and battery pack manufacturing method

A battery pack includes a cell group, a spacer, a plurality of bus bars, and a bus bar holder. The cell group includes stacked unit cells, each including a cell body having a power generation element and an electrode tab having distal end portions bent along the stacking direction. The spacer is disposed between adjacent electrode tabs. The bus bars electrically connect the electrode tabs to each other. The bus bar holder that holds the bus bars. The bus bar holder includes a restricting member disposed between adjacent electrode tabs, and extends along the stacking direction to restrict the electrode tabs by sandwiching the electrode tabs with the spacer. Portions of the electrode tabs are welded to a surface of the bus bars facing the unit cells when the stacking direction positions of the portions of the electrode tabs are restricted by the restricting member and the spacer.

Battery pack

A positive electrode tab and negative electrode tab of a battery pack are configured by stacking a plurality of single cells each of which has positive electrode tab and negative electrode tab drawn outward and formed of metals different from each other in kind. In a welding method, clad material is disposed between positive electrode tab of second single cell and negative electrode tab of first single cell. Next, with a laser welder, focal point is aimed at interface between negative electrode tab and clad material, and laser is applied thereto from the side of negative electrode tab. Then, focal point is aimed at interface between positive electrode tab and clad material, and laser is applied thereto from the side of positive electrode tab.

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Masayuki Nakai