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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2009
Susumu Harada, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masuhiro Onishi, Uji, JP;
Seiichi Sato, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshihisa Tsurumi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Susumu Harada, Hitachinaka, JP;
Masuhiro Onishi, Uji, JP;
Seiichi Sato, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshihisa Tsurumi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A battery module is configured so that the first cell string and the second cell string are arranged between the first plate member and the second plate member and the second cell string is arranged closer to the second plate member side than the first cell string is and is arranged closer to the outlet side than the first cell string is. At the inlet side of the housing, the inlet is arranged closer to the first plate member than to the second cell string, at least a part between the inlet side of the second cell string and the second plate member is covered by the inlet-side guide plate, and the cooling air is introduced into the housing through the inlet so as to form a flow of the cooling air along the first plate member and a flow of the cooling air along the inlet-side guide plate.