# US 9,437,878 B2 · Electricity storage module

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- Number: US 9,437,878 B2
- Document ID: US9437878B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/869,026
- Filed: 2013-04-24
- Published: 2013-12-05
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2012-05-31
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tomomi Kurita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9437878B2

## CPC

- H01M 6/5038: {Heating or cooling of cells or batteries}
- H01M 10/482: {for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially}
- H01M 10/486: {for measuring temperature}
- H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence)
- H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product
- 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
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

An electricity storage module includes a plurality of electricity storage cells and a plurality of electricity storage cell holders. Each of the plurality of electricity storage cell holders includes a thermistor holding portion. At least one of the thermistor holding portions of the plurality of electricity storage cell holders is provided to support a thermistor. The thermistor holding portion includes a spring member contact portion, a first engaging portion, and a second engaging portion. The first engaging portion of one of adjacent thermistor holding portions engages with the second engaging portion of another of the adjacent thermistor holding portions to prevent a spring member contact portion from being deformed away from one of the electricity storage cells.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electricity storage module comprising:
a plurality of electricity storage cells; and
a plurality of electricity storage cell holders, the plurality of electricity storage cells and the plurality of electricity storage cell holders being stacked alternately in a stacking direction, each of the plurality of electricity storage cell holders including a thermistor holding portion, at least one of the thermistor holding portions of the plurality of electricity storage cell holders being provided to support a thermistor, the thermistor having a temperature measuring portion and a spring member, the thermistor holding portion comprising:
a spring member contact portion configured to contact the spring member and configured to be pressed by the spring member in a direction away from one of the electricity storage cells, the temperature measuring portion configured to press against one of the electricity storage cells by a spring force of the spring member when the spring member is in contact with the spring member contact portion;
a shaft portion connected to the spring member contact portion and extending in the stacking direction;
a first engaging portion provided on one end side of the shaft portion in the stacking direction; and
a second engaging portion provided on another end side of the shaft portion in the stacking direction,
wherein the first engaging portion of one of the electricity storage cell holders directly engages with the second engaging portion of another of the electricity storage cell holders to prevent the spring member contact portion from being deformed away from one of the electricity storage cells, and
wherein the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are disposed on electricity storage cell holders that are adjacent to each other in the stacking direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electricity storage module according to claim 1, wherein the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion engage with each other with a concavity and a convexity.

### Claim 3

An electricity storage module comprising:
a plurality of electricity storage cells; and
a plurality of electricity storage cell holders, the plurality of electricity storage cells and the plurality of electricity storage cell holders being stacked alternately in a stacking direction, each of the plurality of electricity storage cell holders including a thermistor holding portion, at least one of the thermistor holding portions of the plurality of electricity storage cell holders being provided to support a thermistor, the thermistor having a temperature measuring portion and a spring member, the thermistor holding portion comprising:
a spring member contact portion configured to contact the spring member and configured to be pressed by the spring member in a direction away from one of the electricity storage cells, the temperature measuring portion configured to press against one of the electricity storage cells by a spring force of the spring member when the spring member is in contact with the spring member contact portion;
a shaft portion connected to the spring member contact portion and extending in the stacking direction;
a first engaging portion provided on one end side of the shaft portion in the stacking direction;
and a second engaging portion provided on another end side of the shaft portion in the stacking direction, wherein the first engaging portion of one of the electricity storage cell holders engages with the second engaging portion of another of the electricity storage cell holders to prevent the spring member contact portion from being deformed away from one of the electricity storage cells,
wherein the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are disposed on electricity storage cell holders that are adjacent to each other in the stacking direction,
wherein the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion engage with each other with a concavity and a convexity, and wherein the first engaging portion is pin-shaped, and the second engaging portion is pinhole-shaped.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electricity storage module according to claim 1,
wherein the electricity storage cell holders each have a plate portion in contact with a major surface of the electricity storage cell,
wherein the thermistor holding portion is connected to a lower end of the plate portion, and
wherein the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion engage with each other on a downwardly extended line of the plate portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The electricity storage module according to claim 4, wherein the electricity storage cell holders each have a third engaging portion engaging with a top surface of the electricity storage cell, the third engaging portion being provided at an upper end of the plate portion of the electricity storage cell holder.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electricity storage module according to claim 1, wherein each of the electricity storage cell holders includes a plate portion provided between adjacent electricity storage cells in the stacking direction.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electricity storage module according to claim 1, wherein the first engaging portion is a protrusion, and the second engaging portion is a recess.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electricity storage module according to claim 1, wherein the shaft portion forms a longitudinal axis that extends along the stacking direction.