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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masatsugu Kawakami, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hidetoshi Okada, Nissin, JP;
Yasumasa Oguma, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To provide a battery module that can prevent the breakage of batteries due to the expansion or contraction of the batteries when charging and discharging the batteries. [Solution To Problem] A battery module includes a plurality of stacked batteries and a restraint part for restraining the plurality of batteries. The restraint part is composed of a pair of end plates arranged at either end in the stacking direction of the plurality of batteries and tension bands for connecting the pair of end plates and constraining the plurality of batteries in a pressurized state. The tension bands include elastically deformable concave-convex parts.