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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2002
Shuhei Marukawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Ko Watanabe, Toyohashi, JP;
Toyohiko Etoh, Toyota, JP;
Keiji Shukuya, Nagoya, JP;
Shogo Yoneda, Toyota, JP;
Shuhei Marukawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Ko Watanabe, Toyohashi, JP;
Toyohiko Etoh, Toyota, JP;
Keiji Shukuya, Nagoya, JP;
Shogo Yoneda, Toyota, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A battery pack comprises a plurality of rectangular shaped batteries, wherein each of the plurality of rectangular shaped batteries is formed into a thin rectangular-parallelepiped shape, and wherein the plurality of rectangular shaped batteries are stacked side-by-side in a thickness direction, and a pair of pressurizing plates, wherein one of the pressurizing plates is located at each end of the stacked rectangular shaped batteries oriented in the thickness direction, wherein the pressurizing plates are elastically pushed against each other to pressurize the plurality rectangular shaped batteries.