Separator for insulating adjacent battery cells, and power source device provided with same
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaotake Yoshida, Nao Takeda, Kazuhiro Harazuka
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Abstract
To achieve both formability and heat insulating properties, separator according to an aspect of the present invention insulates adjacent battery cells. Separator includes heat insulation sheet including a fiber material and a heat insulation material including higher heat insulating properties than the fiber material, and formed member including higher shape stability than the heat insulation sheet. This enables shape of heat insulation sheet including high flexibility to be maintained using formed member formed into a predetermined shape.
Claims11
A separator that insulates adjacent battery cells, the separator comprising:
- a heat insulation sheet including a fiber material and a heat insulation material including higher heat insulating properties than heat insulating properties of the fiber material;
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- a formed member including a higher shape stability than a shape stability of the heat insulation sheet,
- wherein the separator includes a shape including at least one gap extending in one direction between the separator and each of the adjacent battery cells,
- wherein said shape is formed of a combination of the heat insulation sheet and the formed member superimposed on each other while overlapping the each of the adjacent battery cells, and
- wherein an entirety of the separator is sandwiched between the adjacent battery cells in a stacking direction of the adjacent battery cells.
A separator that insulates adjacent battery cells, the separator comprising:
- a heat insulation sheet including a fiber material, a heat insulation material including higher heat insulating properties than heat insulating properties the fiber material, and a thermoplastic resin including a property of being cured by application of heat,
- wherein the separator includes a shape including at least one gap extending in one direction between the separator and each of the adjacent battery cells,
- a formed member including a higher shape stability than a shape stability of the heat insulation sheet,
- wherein said shape is formed of a combination of the heat insulation sheet and the formed member superimposed on each other while overlapping the each of the adjacent battery cells,
- wherein said shape is formed of the heat insulation sheet overlapping the each of the adjacent battery cells,
- the heat insulation sheet includes:
- a base formed in a planar shape including an outer shape extending in a plane parallel to surfaces of adjacent respective battery cells, the surfaces facing each other, the base configured to be in contact with the adjacent battery cells, and
- a thin wall portion thinner than the base,
- the thin wall portion includes the shape including the at least one gap, wherein said shape extends in the one direction between the thin wall portion and each of the adjacent battery cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.