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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Tomomi Kageyama, Shibuya, JP;
Takeshi Yasuda, Yokohama, JP;
Kaoru Koiwa, Shibuya, JP;
Seiji Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Tomonori Ezoe, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a battery module includes a plurality of sub-modules. The plurality of sub-modules are integrated. Each of the plurality of sub-modules includes a cell group configured using a plurality of cells connected in series. The plurality of cells configuring the cell group are arranged linearly such that intra-cell current directions are parallel and the intra-cell current direction of each of the cells is opposite to the intra-cell current direction of the cell adjacent to each cell in the cell group. Each of the plurality of sub-modules includes an input terminal to input a current to the cell group and an output terminal to output the current from the cell group.