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US 8,298,694 B2Granted
Power supply device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Murata
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Abstract
A power supply device in which power storage bodies are disposed in a casing that houses a cooling medium is provided. The power supply device includes a moving portion that moves the power storage bodies in the cooling medium.
Claims14
A power supply device comprising:
- a casing,
- a power storage body disposed in the casing,
- a moving device that moves the power storage body within the casing, and
- a liquid medium housed in the casing that is in contact with the power storage body;
- wherein the moving device includes a retaining member that retains the power storage body, and a drive device that rotates the retaining member;
- and
- wherein the retaining member retains the power storage body such that an axis of the power storage body in a lengthwise direction of the power storage body is inclined with respect to a rotational axis of the retaining member rotated by the drive device.
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A power supply device comprising:
- a casing,
- a power storage body disposed in the casing,
- a moving device that moves the power storage body within the casing, and
- a liquid medium housed in the casing that is in contact with the power storage body;
- wherein the moving device includes a retaining member that retains the power storage body, and a drive device that rotates the retaining member;
- wherein the retaining member include a ring gear in which a gear portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface so that the gear portion engages with a rotary gear provided in the drive device;
- and
- wherein the ring gear is disposed on a side of the retaining member which is opposite to a side facing the power storage body.
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A power supply device comprising:
- a casing,
- a power storage body disposed in the casing,
- a moving device that moves the power storage body within the casing, and
- a liquid medium housed in the casing that is in contact with the power storage body;
- wherein the moving device includes a retaining member that retains the power storage body, and a drive device that rotates the retaining member;
- wherein a plurality of the power storage bodies are disposed around a rotational center of the retaining member;
- and
- wherein terminals of a set of the power storage bodies that are electrically connected in parallel or in series are disposed at the rotational center of the retaining member.
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A power supply device comprising:
- a casing,
- a power storage body disposed in the casing,
- a moving device that moves the power storage body within the casing, and
- a liquid medium housed in the casing that is in contact with the power storage body;
- wherein the power supply device further comprises a power storage module that includes a plurality of the power storage bodies;
- and a lid member that covers the casing and seals the power storage module and the liquid medium in the casing,
- wherein the moving device includes a drive portion that moves the power storage module in the casing;
- wherein the power storage module includes:
- a retaining member that retains the power storage bodies;
- a ring gear that engages with the drive portion;
- bus bars that connect the power storage bodies;
- and
- a positive terminal and a negative terminal that are connected to the respective bus bars;
- and
- wherein the bus bars are pivotally connected to the positive terminal and the negative terminal through respectively pivot joints.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.