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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2011
Shinsuke Yoshitake, Kyoto, JP;
Hajime Kawamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masakazu Tsutsumi, Kyoto, JP;
Jun Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
Shinsuke Yoshitake, Kyoto, JP;
Hajime Kawamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masakazu Tsutsumi, Kyoto, JP;
Jun Nakamura, Kyoto, JP;
GS Yuasa International Ltd., Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to accurately protect current collectors included in an electric storage device, the electric storage device includes an electric storage elementarranged inside an electric storage device case BC; an electrode terminalarranged outside the electric storage device case; a current collectorincluding a first posture part FP and a second posture part SP, the first posture part FP extending along a surface of the electric storage device case on which the electrode terminalis arranged, the second posture part SP extending from an end portion of the first posture part toward the side opposite to the electrode terminal, the current collector fixed at the first posture part FP by means of a fixing memberpenetrating through an opening formed in the electric storage device case, the current collector supporting the electric storage elementby the second posture part SP, thereby electrically connecting the electrode terminaland the electric storage element; and a reinforcing memberarranged on the side of the first posture part FP where the electric storage elementis present, so as to extend longer toward the second posture part side than the fixing member, and sandwiched and fixed between the first posture part FP and the fixing member