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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Kazunari Ando, Toyohashi, JP;
Akitoshi Hiramatsu, Toyokawa, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Sennan-gun, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/50 (2006.01); H01M 4/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery comprises at least four cells each comprising a bath in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped having a width direction dimension greater than a thickness direction dimension, and a power generation element, the power generation element being contained in the bath, the thickness direction sides of the cells facing each other, and the width direction sides of the cells being arranged side by side. A coolant for cooling the cells is allowed to flow along the width direction sides of the cells.