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Granted Patent B2
US 12683234 · App. 18/326,280 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Power storage

Inventor: Yuya Takahashi (Mishima, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01M50/293H01M50/209H01M50/271H01M50/291
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12683234
App. No.
18/326,280
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power storage includes a stack, a case, a lid portion, and an elastic member. The lid portion is fixed to an opening end of the case to cover the opening. The elastic member is located between the stack and the lid portion. The elastic member includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion. The first elastic portion includes a portion of the elastic member located most distant from the opening end in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction which is a direction in which the stack and the lid portion are opposed to each other. The second elastic portion is located on opposing sides of the first elastic portion in the second direction. An elastic modulus in the first direction of the first elastic portion is lower than an elastic modulus in the first direction of the second elastic portion.

Claims (22)

1 . A power storage comprising:

a stack including a plurality of cells stacked on one another in a stacking direction;

a case where the stack is accommodated, the case being provided with an opening;

a lid portion fixed to an opening end of the case to cover the opening; and

an elastic member located between the stack and the lid portion in the stacking direction, wherein

the elastic member includes a first elastic portion and a second elastic portion that are both between the stack and the lid portion in the stacking direction, the first elastic portion including a portion of the elastic member located most distant from the opening end in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction which is the stacking direction and which is a direction in which the stack and the lid portion are opposed to each other, the second elastic portion being located on opposing sides of the first elastic portion in the second direction, and

an elastic modulus in the first direction of the first elastic portion is lower than an elastic modulus in the first direction of the second elastic portion.

2 . The power storage according to claim 1 , wherein

the elastic member is accommodated in the case as being compressed in the first direction, and

in the first direction, an amount of compression of the first elastic portion is equal to or larger than an amount of compression of the second elastic portion.

3 . The power storage according to claim 2 , wherein

in the first direction, a dimension of a free length of the first elastic portion is equal to or larger than a dimension of a free length of the second elastic portion.

4 . The power storage according to claim 2 , wherein

the lid portion includes a first plate portion aligned with the first elastic portion in the first direction and a second plate portion aligned with the second elastic portion in the first direction, and

the first plate portion is located nearer to the stack than the second plate portion.

5 . The power storage according to claim 1 , wherein

when viewed in the first direction, the first elastic portion is larger in area than the second elastic portion.

6 . The power storage according to claim 1 , wherein

when viewed in the first direction, the second elastic portion surrounds the first elastic portion.

7 . The power storage according to claim 1 , wherein

when viewed in the first direction, the opening in the case is provided such that a longitudinal direction of the opening extends in the second direction, and

in a third direction orthogonal to both of the first direction and the second direction, the first elastic portion extends from one end to the other end of the elastic member.