Battery pack

US9413045B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9413045-B2
Application numberUS-201414445225-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 29, 2014
Priority dateJul 29, 2013
Publication dateAug 9, 2016
Grant dateAug 9, 2016

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Abstract

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A battery pack includes battery stacks each formed of battery cells stacked on one another and bus bars disposed at a first end side of the battery stack for connection between electrode terminals of the battery cells, a battery pack case housing the battery stacks, a fan device disposed inside the battery pack case for circulating fluid within the battery pack case and a spacer disposed between respective adjacent battery cells to guide the fluid to flow in a direction from the first end side to a second end side opposite to the first end side along lateral sides of the battery cells. Each of the battery cells includes a battery cell case as an outer shell thereof that includes an exposed portion having a predetermined exposed length by which the battery cell case projects from an end at the first end side of the spacer.

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What is claimed is: 1. A battery pack comprising: battery stacks each formed of battery cells stacked on one another and bus bars disposed at a first end side of the battery stack for connection between electrode terminals of the battery cells; a battery pack case housing the battery stacks; a fan device disposed inside the battery pack case for circulating fluid within the battery pack case; a communicating passage closed at one end and connected to an inlet of the fan devi…

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What does patent US9413045B2 cover?
A battery pack includes battery stacks each formed of battery cells stacked on one another and bus bars disposed at a first end side of the battery stack for connection between electrode terminals of the battery cells, a battery pack case housing the battery stacks, a fan device disposed inside the battery pack case for circulating fluid within the battery pack case and a spacer disposed betwee…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Denso Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01M10/5016. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 09 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).