IP Library Granted Patent US 9,577,233
Granted Patent B2
US 9,577,233 · App. 14/779,566 · Granted Feb 21, 2017

Battery pack and fastening structure

Inventors: Tomohiko Yokohama (Osaka, JP); Shunsuke Yasui (Osaka, JP); Keisuke Naito (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H01M2/1235H01M2/1077H01M2/1083H01M2/1211H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 9,577,233
App. No.
14/779,566
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Battery pack includes battery module, metallic installation substrate, metallic attachment member disposed between battery module and installation substrate, metallic fastening part, and insulating member for electrically insulating fastening part and attachment member, and attachment member and installation substrate, from each other, respectively. Insulating member includes annular insulating part having an inner-diameter hole allowing passing through of a male screw shaft portion of fastening part, and electrically insulating between attachment member and an entire surface of an outer periphery of the male screw shaft portion of the fastening part, and between attachment member and an entire surface of an outer periphery of the larger-diameter portion of fastening part; and plate-like insulating part having a corresponding inner-diameter hole which corresponds to the inner-diameter hole of annular insulating part and allows passing through of the male screw shaft portion of fastening part, and electrically insulating between attachment member and installation substrate.

Claims (17)

1. A battery pack comprising:

a battery module including a plurality of cells each having a safety valve and a duct for guiding exhaust matter, discharged from the safety valve, to outside;

a metallic installation substrate on which the battery module is installed;

a metallic attachment member disposed between the battery module and the installation substrate;

a metallic fastening part for fastening the attachment member and the installation substrate to each other, wherein the fastening part is

a combination body of

a male screw shaft portion installed upright at the installation substrate and passing through an attachment through-hole provided in the attachment member, and

a nut having a female screw hole portion that engages with the male screw shaft portion, and a larger-diameter portion whose diameter is larger than an outer diameter of the male screw shaft portion, or

a combination body of

a female screw hole portion provided in the installation substrate, and

a bolt having a male screw shaft portion, which engages with the female screw hole portion and passes through the attachment through-hole provided in the attachment member, and a larger-diameter portion whose diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the male screw shaft portion; and

an insulating member for electrically insulating the fastening part and the attachment member from each other, and the attachment member and the installation substrate from each other,

wherein the insulating member includes

an annular insulating part including an inner-diameter hole which allows passing through of the male screw shaft portion of the fastening part, and electrically insulating between the attachment member and an entire surface of an outer periphery of the male screw shaft portion of the fastening part and between the attachment member and an entire surface of an outer periphery of the larger-diameter portion of the fastening part, and

a plate-like insulating part including a corresponding inner-diameter hole which corresponds to the inner-diameter hole of the annular insulating part and allows passing through of the male screw shaft portion of the fastening part, and electrically insulating between the attachment member and the installation substrate.

2. The battery pack of claim 1 , further comprising a reservoir gap capable of storing a liquid form of water in the air in the battery pack or a liquid form of water in the air, between the attachment member and a portion covering an entire surface of an outer periphery of at least the larger-diameter portion of the annular insulating part.

3. The battery pack of claim 1 , wherein the attachment member is disposed between the plurality of battery modules and the installation substrate, and holds the plurality of battery modules.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 29, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 064745/0391 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2015
From: YOKOYAMA, TOMOHIKO; YASUI, SHUNSUKE; NAITO, KEISUKE
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036752/0930 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-073043 · Mar 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160056433A1 · Feb 25, 2016