Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply device, vehicle using same, bus bar, and electrical connection method for battery cell using same bus bar
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Application No.: US16071426Application Date: 2017-01-12
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Publication No.: US11289773B2Publication Date: 2022-03-29
- Inventor: Wataru Okada , Shinji Ota , Tetsuya Shiizaki
- Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Daito
- Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Daito
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2016-016616 20160129
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/000712 WO 20170112
- International Announcement: WO2017/130706 WO 20170803
- Main IPC: H01M50/502
- IPC: H01M50/502 ; B23K26/21 ; H01M50/543 ; H01M50/204 ; H01M10/04 ; H01M10/0525

Abstract:
A power supply device has; a battery stacked body where a plural sheets of battery cells each having a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal at one surface thereof are stacked; and a plurality of bus bars which connect the electrode terminals in the battery cells adjacently disposed. Each of the bus bars partially has a thin area whose thickness is thinner than a thickness of the other area, and an open window formed in the dun area, and opening a portion thereof. The thin area is formed in an oval shape elongated in the battery cell stacking direction, and the open window extends in a direction along the length of the oval shape. This configuration allows the thin area, above and below the length side of the oval shaped thin area, to be secured as a joining area for laser welding or the like.
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