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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Hiroshi Takasaki, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Hosotani, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Asaida, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuneyuki Ejima, Osaka, JP;
Takuya Nakashima, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Takasaki, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Hosotani, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Asaida, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuneyuki Ejima, Osaka, JP;
Takuya Nakashima, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A battery module in which the temperature of a cell with an increased high temperature due to an abnormal state can be quickly reduced so that the high temperature does not affect adjacent cells is provided. A battery modulehas a configuration in which a plurality of cellsas secondary batteries are housed in a casehaving a plurality of housing parts housing, but not in contact with, the cells, and when a gas is generated in one of the cellsto cause the cellto expand, this cellcomes into contact with the associated one of the housing parts.