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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kosyo Abe, Himeji, JP;
Takahide Takeda, Himeji, JP;
Keiichiro Kobayashi, Nisshin, JP;
Yasushi Tsuchida, Nisshin, JP;
Yuzo Suzuki, Kariya, JP;
Masaki Koike, Nagoya, JP;
Koji Watanabe, Okazaki, JP;
Seiichi Sakuramoto, Kobe, JP;
Makoto Ochi, Myouzai-gun, JP;
Kosuke Iwase, Konan, JP;
Mio Takeno, Miki, JP;
Yasuo Ikeda, Toyota, JP;
PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked in a predetermined direction; and a plurality of bus bars that electrically connect the plurality of battery cells together. The plurality of bus bars include a first bus bar extending between a first battery cell and a second battery cell of the plurality of battery cells, the first battery cell and the second battery cell being adjacent to each other in the predetermined direction. The first bus bar has a first base portion connected to the first battery cell, a second base portion connected to the second battery cell, and a rising portion that has a shape to rise from the first base portion and the second base portion and that connects between the first base portion and the second base portion. A fragile portion is provided in a root region of the rising portion.