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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2019
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The battery module includes: battery stack including a plurality of batteries that are stacked, each of the plurality of batteries having valve portion; duct plate configured to cover a surface of battery stack on which the plurality of valve portions are disposed, duct plate having gas discharge duct that is connected to valve portions of respective batteries, and temporarily stores a blown-off gas; cover plate placed on duct plate; and flow path portion defined by duct plate and cover plate, flow path portion extending from gas discharge duct and allowing leaking of a gas in gas discharge duct to an outside of battery module. Cover plate is disposed in a state where a predetermined gap is formed between cover plate and first wall portion of gas discharge duct that faces valve portions, and opening that allows an inside of gas discharge duct and the gap to communicate with each other is formed in first wall portion of gas discharge duct.