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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Kyoichi Watanabe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hideaki Horie, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takanori Ito, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takaaki Abe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Osamu Shimamura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takamitsu Saitou, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Sugawara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Inc., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A battery is provided with a plurality of unit cells each having a tab, a bus bar connecting the tab of one of the plurality of unit cells and the tab of another one of the plurality of unit cells, and a plurality of welding points disposed on a center of gravity of an area, in which the bus bar and the tab are overlapped, or a vicinity thereof, and at least one position of line segments, radiately extending from the center of gravity, or a vicinity thereof, such that the bus bar and the tab are connected to one another at the plurality of welding points.