# US 2020/0403199 A1 · 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 2020/0403199 A1 - Document ID: US20200403199A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/904,595 - Filed: 2020-06-18 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-21 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Atsushi Sakurai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200403199A1 ## CPC - H01M 50/24: adapted for protecting batteries from their environment, e.g. from corrosion (thermal insulation H01M10/658) - H01M 50/256: Carrying devices, e.g. belts - H01M 10/4257: {Smart batteries, e.g. electronic circuits inside the housing of the cells or batteries} - H01M 50/296: characterised by terminals of battery packs (terminals of batteries H01M50/543) - H01M 50/298: characterised by the wiring of battery packs - H01M 50/502: Interconnectors for connecting terminals of adjacent batteries; Interconnectors for connecting cells outside a battery casing - H01M 50/557: Plate-shaped terminals - H01M 50/211: adapted for pouch cells - H01M 50/55: on the same side of the cell - H01M 50/553: Terminals adapted for prismatic, pouch or rectangular cells - H01M 2010/4271: {Battery management systems including electronic circuits, e.g. control of current or voltage to keep battery in healthy state, cell balancing} - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract Occurrence of a problem in a power storage module due to a force such as an impact from outside can be inhibited. The power storage module includes a battery cell 2 having electrode terminals 2A and 2B, an external connector 3 electrically connected to the electrode terminals, and a battery case which houses the battery cell and the external connector. The battery case includes a case main body 5 formed in a tubular shape and having an inside serving as a housing space 10 in which the battery cell and the external connector are housed. The external connector is fixed to the battery case. The electrode terminals and the external connector are disposed at one opening end portion 18A of the case main body. The electrode terminals and the external connector are positioned to be offset from each other in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the case main body. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A power storage module comprising: a battery cell including an electrode terminal; an external connector electrically connected to the electrode terminal; and a battery case which houses the battery cell and the external connector, wherein the battery case includes a case main body formed in a tubular shape and having an inside serving as a housing space in which the battery cell and the external connector are housed, the external connector is fixed to the battery case, the electrode terminal and the external connector are disposed at one opening end portion of the case main body, and the electrode terminal and the external connector are positioned to be offset from each other in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the case main body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The power storage module according to claim 1, wherein the external connector is disposed close to an inner surface of the case main body forming the housing space and then fixed to the case main body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The power storage module according to claim 1, wherein a part of the external connector is disposed to overlap the one opening end portion of the case main body in the axial direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The power storage module according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of battery cells are stacked in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction in the housing space, the case main body includes: a tubular part formed in a tubular shape and constituting the housing space, and a partition wall part connected to an inner surface of the tubular part and partitioning the housing space into a plurality of segmented spaces aligned in a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells, and a part of the external connector is disposed to overlap the tubular part and the partition wall part in the axial direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The power storage module according to claim 1, further comprising: a control board housed in the housing space and electrically connected to the battery cells and the external connector, wherein the control board is disposed between the battery cells and the inner surface of the case main body in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the case main body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The power storage module according to claim 5, wherein the external connector and the control board are positioned adjacent to the battery cells on one side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the case main body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The power storage module according to claim 1, wherein the battery cells and the external connector are electrically connected by a cable disposed in the housing space, and at least a part of the cable is disposed between the battery cells and the inner surface of the case main body in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the case main body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The power storage module according to claim 7, wherein the external connector and a part of the cable are positioned adjacent to the battery cells on one side in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the case main body.