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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Kawai, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/34 (2006.01); H01M 2/20 (2006.01); H01H 35/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/34 (2013.01); H01H 35/42 (2013.01); H01M 2/204 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 2200/00 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery pack includes battery cells, at least one terminal having a shape that enables connection with another device, and electric connectors located between at least two of the battery cells and between one of the battery cells and the at least one terminal. At least one of the electric connectors breaks a current path when contacting water.