# US 10,122,003 B2 · Battery-pack case > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,003 B2 - Document ID: US10122003B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/064,928 - Filed: 2016-03-09 - Published: 2016-06-30 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-09-11 - Assignees: NGK Insulators, Ltd. - Applicants: Ngk Insulators, Ltd. - Inventors: Koji Hoshino - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122003B2 ## CPC - H01M 10/658: by thermal insulation or shielding - H01M 10/3909: {Sodium-sulfur cells} - H01M 10/48: Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) - H01M 10/615: Heating or keeping warm - H01M 10/6571: Resistive heaters (arrangements for heating the battery by its resistance to the internal current H01M10/637) - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/271: Lids or covers for the racks or secondary casings - H01M 50/298: characterised by the wiring of battery packs - H01M 50/317: Re-sealable arrangements - H01M 50/505: comprising a single busbar - H01M 50/51: Connection only in series - H01M 50/517: by fixing means, e.g. screws, rivets or bolts - H01M 50/553: Terminals adapted for prismatic, pouch or rectangular cells - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A battery-pack case includes the following: a metal base; a container that has an opening in the top surface thereof, accommodates a battery pack, and is affixed to the metal base; a lid that closes the opening in the container; a positive-electrode bus bar and a negative-electrode bus bar provided on an exterior surface of the container, with a conductive member connected to each of the bus bars; and a plurality of wires that lead inside the container from the outside thereof. The wires are routed between the positive-electrode bus bar and the negative-electrode bus bar so as not to interfere with the aforementioned conductive members. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery assembly container comprising: a metal base frame; a box body fixed to the base frame, the box body including an opening in an upper surface of the box body, and accommodating a battery assembly; a lid body configured to close the opening of the box body; a positive electrode external terminal and a negative electrode external terminal provided for one outer surface of the box body, and connected to electrically conductive members, respectively; a plurality of wiring lines extending from outside of the box body to inside of the box body; a terminal frame provided on the base frame and connected to the plurality of wiring lines; and a vacuum sensor and a vacuum seal plug used for adjusting a degree of vacuum inside the box body are provided in the outer surface of the box body, at positions between the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal, wherein the plurality of wiring lines are provided between the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal at a position where no interference with the electrically conductive members occurs, and wherein the position where no interference with the electrically conductive members occurs represents a position where a projected area of the plurality of wiring lines on the base frame does not overlap with projected areas of the electrically conductive members on the base frame, the electrically conductive members being connected to the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal, respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery assembly container according to claim 1, wherein a lead-out direction of a connector portion of the electrically conductive member connected to the positive electrode external terminal and a lead-out direction of a connector portion of the electrically conductive member connected to the negative electrode external terminal are oriented away from each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The battery assembly container according to claim 2, wherein the electrically conductive member connected to the positive electrode external terminal is connected to a negative electrode external terminal of an adjacent battery assembly container provided on one side in a lateral direction; and the electrically conductive member connected to the negative electrode external terminal is connected to a positive electrode external terminal of an adjacent battery assembly container provided on another side in the lateral direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery assembly container according to claim 1, wherein the terminal frame is provided on the base frame, at a position between the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The battery assembly container according to claim 4, wherein the terminal frame is configured to have no interference with the lid body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The battery assembly container according to claim 5, wherein the configuration having no interference with the lid body includes a gap formed at least between a portion of the terminal frame facing the lid body and a portion of the lid body facing the terminal frame. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The battery assembly container according to claim 4, wherein a member configured to insert the plurality of wiring lines connected to the terminal frame is provided in the outer surface of the box body, at a position between the terminal frame and one of the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal; and the vacuum sensor and the vacuum seal plug used for adjusting the degree of vacuum inside the box body are provided in the outer surface of the box body, at positions between the member and the one of the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The battery assembly container according to claim 4, wherein a member configured to insert the plurality of wiring lines connected to the terminal frame is provided in the outer surface of the box body, at a position between the terminal frame and one of the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal; and the vacuum sensor and the vacuum seal plug used for adjusting the degree of vacuum inside the box body are provided in the outer surface of the box body, at positions between the terminal frame and another of the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The battery assembly container according to claim 4, wherein a member configured to insert the plurality of wiring lines connected to the terminal frame is provided in the outer surface of the box body, at a position between the terminal frame and one of the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal; and the vacuum sensor and the vacuum seal plug used for adjusting the degree of vacuum inside the box body are provided in the outer surface of the box body, at positions between the terminal frame and the member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The battery assembly container according to claim 1, wherein a member configured to insert the plurality of wiring lines is provided in the outer surface of the box body, at a position between the positive electrode external terminal and the negative electrode external terminal.