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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2018
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Jiro Muratsu, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Geshi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a battery module including a plurality of battery blocks, the battery block is configured such that a plurality of assembled batteries each of which is formed of the plurality of batteries are arranged in parallel. The battery has a positive-electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal on one end portion of the battery. The assembled battery includes a positive electrode bus bar for connecting the plurality of batteries in parallel and a negative electrode bus bar for connecting the plurality of batteries in parallel, which are disposed on one end portions of the batteries. On a boundary portion between the battery blocks, the positive electrode bus bars of the respective assembled batteries of one battery block and the negative electrode bus bars of the respective assembled batteries of the other battery block are respectively connected to each other in series by an inter-block connecting bus bar.