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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichiro Kitagawa, Atsugi, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A battery coupling method is provided for coupling a support member to a battery cell for supporting the battery cell provided with a group of electrodes. The battery coupling method includes: passing a protrusion part formed on the support member through a hole formed in the battery cell; pressing the support member using a pressing unit that approaches the support member from a side where a heating unit is positioned; heating a tip end of the protrusion part using the heating unit to form a heat-deformed part of a size which prevents extraction of the protrusion part from the hole; separating the heating unit from the heat-deformed part after the pressing and heating of the tip end of the protrusion part; and separating-the pressing unit from the support member after the pressing and heating of the tip end of the protrusion part.