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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2018
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Daito, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Daito, JP;
Abstract
A battery module includes a battery stack that includes a plurality of prismatic battery cells stacked in a direction along their thicknesses, the pair of end plates disposed respectively at end faces of the battery stack that face in a stacked direction, bind bars that are disposed respectively on side faces of the battery stack and bind the pair of end plates together, and a plurality of securing pins fixing the bind bars over sides of each of the end plates. A pair of the plurality of securing pins are fixed respectively to the sides of each of the end plate to face each other and are coaxial with each other. Each of the end plate includes a horizontal rib extending coaxially with each of the plurality of securing pins.