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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Hiromi Ueda, Kariya, JP;
Takahisa Sugimoto, Kariya, JP;
Shintaro Watanabe, Kariya, JP;
Hidefumi Oishi, Kariya, JP;
Takashi Sakai, Kariya, JP;
Naoto Morisaku, Kariya, JP;
Kazuki Maeda, Kariya, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A battery module includes a first battery stack, a second battery stack, a first bracket, and a second bracket. The first and second battery stacks each have a plurality of rechargeable batteries. The first battery stack has an end adjacent to the second battery stack, and the second battery stack has an end adjacent to the first battery stack. The first bracket is provided at the end of the first battery stack. The second bracket is provided at the end of the second battery stack and has the same shape as the first bracket. Each of the first bracket and the second bracket has insertion protrusions and receiving recesses that are alternately arranged. One of the insertion protrusions of the second bracket is inserted into the receiving recess formed between adjacent two of the insertion protrusions of the first bracket.