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US 12,512,528 B2Granted
Electrical storage device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorHirokuni Akiyama
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Abstract
A power storage device includes: a modular structure including at least one power storage module, the power storage module having an electrode stacked body and a sealing member, the electrode stacked body having bipolar electrodes, and the sealing member sealing a side surface of the electrode stacked body; a pair of restraint members disposed at both ends of the modular structure in the first direction to apply a restraint load to the modular structure; and a first intermediate member interposed between the restraint member and the modular structure to transmit the restraint load from the restraint member to the modular structure, wherein the first intermediate member includes a first package that is deformable according to the restraint load and a fluid that is enclosed in the first package.
Claims15
A power storage device comprising:
- a modular structure including at least one power storage module, the power storage module having an electrode stacked body and a sealing member, the electrode stacked body having a plurality of bipolar electrodes, the plurality of bipolar electrodes each including a current collector, a positive electrode layer provided on one main surface of the current collector, and a negative electrode layer provided on the other main surface of the current collector and being stacked in a first direction, and the sealing member sealing a side surface of the electrode stacked body along the first direction;
- a pair of restraint members disposed at a first end and a second end of the modular structure in the first direction to apply a restraint load to the modular structure;
- a first intermediate member interposed between each of the pair of restraint members and the modular structure to transmit the restraint load from the restraint member to the modular structure;
- a case configured to accommodate the modular structure;
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- a second intermediate member interposed between the side surface of the modular structure extending in the first direction and an inner surface of the main body portion of the case,
- wherein the modular structure further includes a current collecting plate that constitutes the first end of the modular structure in the first direction and is electrically connected to the electrode stacked body,
- wherein the first intermediate member is interposed between the restraint member and the current collecting plate, and
- wherein the first intermediate member includes a first package that is deformable according to the restraint load and a fluid that is enclosed in the first package,
- wherein the first intermediate member is a resin package sealing a gas, a liquid, a gel, or a mixture thereof inside of the resin package,
- wherein the case has a bottomed box-shaped main body portion provided with an opening portion that is open in the first direction and a lid portion that closes the opening portion,
- wherein the pair of restraint members are constituted by a bottom wall portion of the main body portion facing the opening portion in the first direction and the lid portion,
- wherein the second intermediate member is constituted by a second package that can be expanded according to filling with contents and a shock absorbing material filled in the second package, and
- wherein the second package comprises one of polyolefin resin and a laminated film comprising metal.
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A power storage device comprising:
- a modular structure including at least one power storage module, the power storage module having an electrode stacked body and a sealing member, the electrode stacked body having a plurality of bipolar electrodes, the plurality of bipolar electrodes each including a current collector, a positive electrode layer provided on one main surface of the current collector, and a negative electrode layer provided on the other main surface of the current collector and being stacked in a first direction, and the sealing member sealing a side surface of the electrode stacked body along the first direction;
- a pair of restraint members disposed at a first end and a second end of the modular structure in the first direction to apply a restraint load to the modular structure;
- a first intermediate member interposed between each of the pair of restraint members and the modular structure to transmit the restraint load from the restraint member to the modular structure;
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- a case configured to accommodate the modular structure and the first intermediate member,
- wherein the modular structure further includes a current collecting plate that constitutes the first end of the modular structure in the first direction and is electrically connected to the electrode stacked body,
- wherein the first intermediate member is interposed between the restraint member and the current collecting plate, and
- wherein the first intermediate member comprises a first package that is deformable according to the restraint load and a fluid that is enclosed in the first package,
- wherein the case comprises a bottomed box-shaped main body portion provided with an opening portion that is open in the first direction and a lid portion configured to air-tightly be fixed to the main body portion via the sealing member and close the opening portion,
- wherein a bottom wall portion of the main body portion facing the opening portion in the first direction and the lid portion form the pair of restraint members configured to apply a restraint load to the modular structure by being disposed at the first end and the second end of the module structure in the first direction,
- wherein a pressure inside of the case is in a decompressed state with respect to an atmospheric pressure outside of the case, and the pair of restraint members are configured to apply the restraint load to the module structure based on a pressure difference between the pressure inside of the case and the atmospheric pressure outside of the case.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.