# US 12,113,233 B2 · Power storage module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,113,233 B2 - Document ID: US12113233B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/551,634 - Filed: 2021-12-15 - Published: 2022-06-23 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-21 - Assignees: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc. - Applicants: Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc. - Inventors: Yasumasa Kojima; Takashi Inamura; Takatoshi Kageyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113233B2 ## CPC - H01M 50/30: Arrangements for facilitating escape of gases - H01M 10/425: {Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00)} - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/287: Fixing of circuit boards to lids or covers - H01M 50/383: Flame arresting or ignition-preventing means - H01M 50/502: Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteries; Interconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing - H01M 50/519: comprising printed circuit boards [PCB] - H05K 1/028: {Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence)} - H05K 2201/10037: Printed or non-printed battery - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A plate member is provided with a gas exhaust port, an opening, and a wall portion. The opening is formed in a bottom surface portion at a position facing an electrode terminal. The wall portion protrudes from the bottom surface portion at positions on outer sides with respect to the gas exhaust port in a width direction of the plate member, and discontinuously extends in a stacking direction of power storage cells. A flexible printed circuit board has a main body portion, and a connection piece portion that extends from the main body portion and is curved so as to be connected to a connection terminal. A first gap is formed between the main body portion and the connection piece portion. A first auxiliary wall portion is provided in the first gap, the first auxiliary wall portion protruding from the bottom surface portion and extending in the stacking direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power storage module comprising: a stack in which a plurality of power storage cells each including an electrode terminal and a gas discharge valve are stacked in a stacking direction; a resin plate having a bottom surface portion extending in each of the stacking direction and a width direction orthogonal to the stacking direction, the resin plate being placed on the stack; a flexible printed circuit board placed on the bottom surface portion and having an electric circuit electrically connected to the plurality of power storage cells; and a connection terminal provided on the flexible printed circuit board and electrically connected to the electrode terminal, wherein the resin plate is provided with a gas exhaust port formed in the bottom surface portion at a position facing the gas discharge valve, an opening formed in the bottom surface portion at a position facing the electrode terminal, and a wall portion that protrudes from the bottom surface portion at positions on outer sides with respect to the gas exhaust port in the width direction and that discontinuously extends in the stacking direction, the connection terminal is electrically connected to the electrode terminal while penetrating the opening, the flexible printed circuit board has a main body portion, and a connection piece portion that extends from the main body portion and is curved so as to be connected to the connection terminal, a first gap is formed between the main body portion and the connection piece portion, and a first auxiliary wall portion is provided in the first gap, the first auxiliary wall portion protruding from the bottom surface portion and extending in the stacking direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The power storage module according to claim 1, wherein the connection piece portion extends from the main body portion and is turned around, and includes a first straight portion that straightly extends in the stacking direction, and a second straight portion that extends in parallel with the first straight portion, a second gap is formed between the first straight portion and the second straight portion, and a second auxiliary wall portion is provided in the second gap, the second auxiliary wall portion protruding from the bottom surface portion and extending in the stacking direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The power storage module according to claim 1, wherein each of a third auxiliary wall portion and a fourth auxiliary wall portion is provided at a portion of an edge of the opening, the third auxiliary wall portion protruding from the bottom surface portion and extending in the stacking direction, the fourth auxiliary wall portion protruding from the bottom surface portion and extending in the width direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The power storage module according to claim 2, wherein each of a third auxiliary wall portion and a fourth auxiliary wall portion is provided at a portion of an edge of the opening, the third auxiliary wall portion protruding from the bottom surface portion and extending in the stacking direction, the fourth auxiliary wall portion protruding from the bottom surface portion and extending in the width direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The power storage module according to claim 3, wherein the first auxiliary wall portion is provided at a position intersecting an imaginary line segment that straightly connects the gas exhaust port to the opening without intersecting any of the wall portion, the third auxiliary wall portion, and the fourth auxiliary wall portion when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the bottom surface portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The power storage module according to claim 4, wherein the first auxiliary wall portion is provided at a position intersecting an imaginary line segment that straightly connects the gas exhaust port to the opening without intersecting any of the wall portion, the third auxiliary wall portion, and the fourth auxiliary wall portion when viewed in a direction orthogonal to the bottom surface portion.