Battery pack
AssigneePrime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
InventorsYuya Mogi, Satoru Matsuyama
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Abstract
A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side in a first direction, each of the plurality of battery cells including a plurality of electrode terminals disposed side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a case member that accommodates the plurality of battery cells, the case member including a side surface portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the first direction or in a direction orthogonal to the second direction and a reinforcing rib provided on the side surface portion. The reinforcing rib extends in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction or in a direction obliquely intersecting the third direction.
Claims10
A battery pack, comprising:
- a plurality of stacks, each of the plurality of stacks including
- a plurality of battery cells arranged side by side in a first direction, each of the plurality of battery cells including a plurality of electrode terminals disposed side by side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and
- separators;
- and
- a case member including
- a sealed inner space that accommodates the plurality of stacks,
- a side surface portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the first direction or in a direction orthogonal to the second direction, and
- a reinforcing rib provided on the side surface portion, wherein
- the reinforcing rib extends in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction or in a direction obliquely intersecting the third direction,
- the plurality of stacks is arranged in the second direction and in direct abutment with the side surface portion,
- the side surface portion includes a pair of side surfaces located on both sides of the plurality of stacks in the first direction, respectively,
- the reinforcing rib is provided on an outer side of each of the pair of side surfaces, the outer side facing away from the sealed inner space,
- the pair of side surfaces defines the sealed inner space and directly supports the plurality of stacks in the first direction,
- the case member includes a first flange and a second flange, each of the first flange and the second flange protruding with respect to the side surface portion in the first direction and extending in the second direction,
- the first flange and the second flange are separated from each other along the third direction, and
- the reinforcing rib extends from the first flange to reach the second flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.