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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Miyoshi, JP;
Katsunori Sato, Toyota, JP;
Tomohiro Ikeda, Toyohashi, JP;
Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Yokkaichi, JP;
Hirotaka Mukasa, Iwata, JP;
Taishi Sakai, Fukuroi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
YAZAKI CORPORATION, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connection member configured to electrically connect respective storage elements to each other in a power storage device constituted by a plurality of storage elements. The connection member includes: a substrate; and a plurality of connecting portions connected to electrodes of the respective storage elements and configured to cut off electric connection with the storage elements by fusing at the time when a current of a predetermined value or more flows therein. The connecting portion is formed by performing punching on the substrate and includes at least two bent portions bent in a punching direction. One of the bent portions is bent along a first direction perpendicular to the punching direction, and the other one of the bent portions is bent along a second direction perpendicular to the punching direction and perpendicular to the first direction.