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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Rika Shimazaki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6557 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/0585 (2013.01); H01M 10/6557 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04);
Abstract
A battery pack includes one or more clearance adjusting units. Along a direction in which a plurality of cells are arranged, the one or more clearance adjusting unit are disposed intermittently between adjacent pairs of the cells or between sets of adjacent pairs of the cells. Each of the clearance adjusting units includes a pair of plates respectively placed against respective planar portions of the cells adjacent thereto, and an elastic body disposed between the pair of plates.