US 2016/0240827 A1 · POWER STORAGE MODULE

Abstract

A power storage module includes a storage battery bank, a first end plate, a second end plate, and a connection bar. The storage battery bank includes storage batteries stacked in a stacking direction. The first end plate is provided at a first end of the storage battery bank and includes an outer metal plate and an inner metal plate. The inner metal plate is provided between the storage battery bank and the outer metal plate in the stacking direction. The inner metal plate has at least one recess portion and at least one protrusion portion which contacts the outer metal plate. The connection bar extends in the stacking direction and connects the second end plate and the outer metal plate of the first end plate. The outer metal plate includes a protruding end portion that protrudes with respect to the inner metal plate toward the connection bar.

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A power storage module, comprising:

a storage battery bank in which a plurality of storage batteries are stacked;
end plates that are provided at the two ends of the storage battery bank in a stacking direction;
and
a connection bar that extends in the stacking direction and that connects the end plates to each other, wherein
the end plates each include a plurality of metal plate members,
the plurality of metal plate members form a closed cross section with contact portions that overlap each other in the stacking direction, and
outer metal plate members of the metal plate members each include, at least at the contact portions, a protruding end portion that protrudes, with respect to a corresponding one of inner metal plate members of the metal plate members, in a direction facing the connection bar.

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A power storage module, comprising:

a storage battery bank which includes storage batteries stacked in a stacking direction and which has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end in the stacking direction;
a first end plate provided at the first end of the storage battery bank and comprising:
an outer metal plate;
and
an inner metal plate provided between the storage battery bank and the outer metal plate in the stacking direction, the inner metal plate having at least one recess portion and at least one protrusion portion which contacts the outer metal plate;
a second end plate provided at the second end of the storage battery bank;
and
a connection bar extending in the stacking direction and connecting the second end plate and the outer metal plate of the first end plate, the outer metal plate including a protruding end portion that protrudes with respect to the inner metal plate toward the connection bar.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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