Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Reo Eto

Hiroyuki Nakayama

A battery assembly includes a fixed bus bar and a first movable bus bar and a second movable bus bar. The fixed bus bar is connected to any of terminals. The first movable bus bar and the second movable bus bar are movable in directions toward and away from a lid portion of a battery cell. When the first movable bus bar is in contact with the fixed bus bar and the second movable bus bar is in non-contact with the fixed bus bar, a plurality of battery cells are connected in series. When the second movable bus bar is in contact with the fixed bus bar and the first movable bus bar is in non-contact with the fixed bus bar, a plurality of battery cells are connected in parallel.

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Reo Eto