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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2011
Hiroyuki Obata, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Obata, Nagoya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A secondary battery assembly includes: a secondary battery including a wound electrode body enclosed in a flat rectangular case; a contact member partly contacting a side surface as a pressed surface having a maximum area of outer surfaces of the secondary battery; and a binding member for binding the secondary battery and the contact member to partly press against the pressed surface. The contact member includes: contact parts arranged discretely in contact with the pressed surface; and a connecting part connecting the contact parts. The contact parts are formed to protrude from the connecting part toward the pressed surface, and into an arrangement or a shape to press more weakly both one-side regions of the pressed surface in a winding axis direction and more strongly a central region between the one-side regions.