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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2000
Shinji Hamada, Toyohashi, JP;
Izumi Yamamura, Toyohashi, JP;
Noriyuki Fujioka, Kosai, JP;
Shuhei Marukawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Toyohiko Eto, Toyota, JP;
Keiji Shukuya, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshiaki Ogata, Toyohashi, JP;
Shinji Hamada, Toyohashi, JP;
Izumi Yamamura, Toyohashi, JP;
Noriyuki Fujioka, Kosai, JP;
Shuhei Marukawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Toyohiko Eto, Toyota, JP;
Keiji Shukuya, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshiaki Ogata, Toyohashi, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
On the opposite end walls of a flat, prismatic battery case of a battery module where electrode terminals are attached, protruding components are formed such as to protrude further than the electrode terminals. Terminal holes are formed in the end walls in which the electrode terminals are fitted, and the thickness of the end walls of the integral battery case in the vicinity of the terminal holes is not the same on both sides of each of the terminal holes. Also, one or a plurality of vertical and horizontal ribs are formed on the end walls between the electrode terminals and the protruding components. Further, a sealing structure is included for a battery.