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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hideaki Hamada, Hyogo, JP;
Masahiro Ono, Osaka, JP;
Tomomi Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Fuminori Takami, Osaka, JP;
Yukio Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a battery block that serves as a member that contains a plurality of battery cells, wherein if abnormal heat generation occurs, the resulting heat is evenly, rapidly, and efficiently distributed throughout the entire block, and the portions in which the battery cells are accommodated have high dimensional precision. The present invention provides a battery block that contains the following: a metal case that contains a plurality of pipe-shaped members; and battery cells accommodated, respectively, in said plurality of pipe-shaped members. The pipe-shaped members are joined to each other, forming a single unit, and join parts that join adjacent pipe-shaped members to each other are at least 70% as long as the pipe-shaped members themselves.