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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Tsuneyuki Ejima, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/0481 (2013.01); H01M 2/1077 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a state where battery cells () are sandwiched from both ends by a pair of end plates () comprising a plurality of plates, the pair of end plates () are secured by metal bands (). The end plates () are secured by bolts to a base, at the inside end of the plates as seen from the battery cells (). Then, elongation of the assembled battery () can be kept to a small range, even when the battery cells () are swollen.