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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Tomohiko Yokoyama, Osaka, JP;
Masato Fujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Shunsuke Yasui, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Kishii, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiko Yokoyama, Osaka, JP;
Masato Fujikawa, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Shimizu, Osaka, JP;
Shunsuke Yasui, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Kishii, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/50 (2006.01); H01M 6/50 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/5038 (2013.01); H01M 10/5004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery module including: a plurality of aligned cells, wherein a cooling unit accommodating a cooling agent is provided in a vicinity of the cells, part of the cooling unit is a vulnerable section having a relatively low compressive strength, and the vulnerable section is unsealed when heat is abnormally generated in at least one of the cells.