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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2005
Shuhei Marukawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Ko Watanabe, Toyohashi, JP;
Toyohiko Eto, Toyota, JP;
Masayoshi Iwase, Toyota, JP;
Tomokazu Yamauchi, Toyota, JP;
Takahiko Miki, Toyota, JP;
Shuhei Marukawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Ko Watanabe, Toyohashi, JP;
Toyohiko Eto, Toyota, JP;
Masayoshi Iwase, Toyota, JP;
Tomokazu Yamauchi, Toyota, JP;
Takahiko Miki, Toyota, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidoshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
The combined battery of the present invention includes two end plates and a plurality of general cells stacked adjacent each other and bound by two end plates. The general cells are provided with a battery container made of resin, and bound by two end plates with a binding force equal to or lower than a threshold value determined based on the number and the compressibility of the cells and the stiffness of the battery container, in such a manner that no more than a predetermined amount of irreversible deformation will be caused in the battery container.