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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2012
Hitachi Vehicle Energy, Ltd., Ibaraki, JP;
Atsushi Sekine, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an assembled battery including a battery holder capable of holding single battery cells while automatically aligning the cells during assembly. In the assembled battery () according to the present invention, a plurality of single battery cells () arranged in a row and battery holders () disposed between the plurality of single battery cells () are held in a state of being mutually pressed in an arranged direction. The battery holders () include a positioning means () that positions the single battery cells () by biasing the single battery cells (), while being pressed in the arranged direction, in a direction intersecting the arranged direction.