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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Shuhei Marukawa, Toyohashi, JP;
Toyohiko Eto, Toyota, JP;
Masahiro Misu, Nisshin, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic EV Energy Co., Ltd., Kosai-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 11/06 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery pack to be mounted on a vehicle. The battery pack has a battery stack. A cooling fan, a fan relay, and a main relay (−) are disposed on one side of the battery stack. A control module, a register, a main relay (+), and a pre-charge relay are disposed on the other side of the same. As a result of devices being disposed on both sides of the battery stack, the weight of the battery pack is adjusted to the neighborhood of the center of the battery pack.