IP Library Granted Patent US 12,451,548
Granted Patent B2
US 12,451,548 · App. 17/957,087 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Battery pack and electric vehicle

Inventor: Yoshiyuki Bannai (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H01M50/213H01M50/262H01M50/271H01M50/317H01M50/333H01M2200/20H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 12,451,548
App. No.
17/957,087
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery pack includes: a battery cell; one or more shoulder screws having a head portion, a screw portion, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the screw portion, the intermediate portion being larger than an outer diameter of the screw portion and smaller than an outer diameter of the head portion; and an exterior case including an upper case and a lower case fastened to each other with the one or the plurality of shoulder screws. A first elastic member is disposed in a compressed state at a contact portion between the upper case and the lower case, and a second elastic member is disposed in a compressed state between the head portion and the upper case.

Claims (46)

1. A battery pack comprising:

a battery cell;

one or more shoulder screws having a head portion, a screw portion, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the screw portion, the intermediate portion being larger than an outer diameter of the screw portion and smaller than an outer diameter of the head portion; and

an exterior case including an upper case and a lower case fastened to each other with the one or more shoulder screws,

wherein a first elastic member is disposed in a compressed state at a contact portion between the upper case and the lower case, and a second elastic member is disposed in a compressed state between the head portion and the upper case, and

wherein the second elastic member is a hollow columnar elastic resin.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the first elastic member is an O-ring.

3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein an inner surface of the second elastic member is in contact with an outer surface of the intermediate portion of the shoulder screw.

4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein the second elastic member is a compression coil spring, and

a fastened position with the shoulder screw is outside a position where the first elastic member is disposed in a plan view of the exterior case.

5. An electric vehicle comprising the battery pack according to claim 1 .

6. A battery pack comprising:

a battery cell;

one or more shoulder screws having a head portion, a screw portion, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the screw portion, the intermediate portion being larger than an outer diameter of the screw portion and smaller than an outer diameter of the head portion; and

an exterior case including an upper case and a lower case fastened to each other with the one or more shoulder screws,

wherein a first elastic member is disposed in a compressed state at a contact portion between the upper case and the lower case, and a second elastic member is disposed in a compressed state between the head portion and the upper case, and wherein the second elastic member is an elastic resin and is provided integrally with the upper case.

7. An electric vehicle comprising the battery pack according to claim 6 .

8. A battery pack comprising:

a battery cell;

one or more shoulder screws having a head portion, a screw portion, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the screw portion, the intermediate portion being larger than an outer diameter of the screw portion and smaller than an outer diameter of the head portion; and

an exterior case including an upper case and a lower case fastened to each other with the one or more shoulder screws,

wherein a first elastic member is disposed in a compressed state at a contact portion between the upper case and the lower case, and a second elastic member is disposed in a compressed state between the head portion and the upper case, and wherein the upper case is provided with an insertion hole of the one or more shoulder screws,

a step portion corresponding to an outer diameter difference between the head portion and the intermediate portion of the one or more shoulder screws is formed in the insertion hole, and

an upper surface of the step portion is a receiving surface of the second elastic member.

9. An electric vehicle comprising the battery pack according to claim 8 .

10. A battery pack comprising:

a battery cell;

one or more shoulder screws having a head portion, a screw portion, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the screw portion, the intermediate portion being larger than an outer diameter of the screw portion and smaller than an outer diameter of the head portion; and

an exterior case including an upper case and a lower case fastened to each other with the one or more shoulder screws,

wherein a first elastic member is disposed in a compressed state at a contact portion between the upper case and the lower case, and a second elastic member is disposed in a compressed state between the head portion and the upper case, and wherein the plurality of shoulder screws are provided, and

a length of the intermediate portion of at least one of the shoulder screws is different from lengths of the intermediate portions of the other shoulder screws.

11. An electric vehicle comprising the battery pack according to claim 10 .

12. A battery pack comprising:

a battery cell;

one or more shoulder screws having a head portion, a screw portion, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the screw portion, the intermediate portion being larger than an outer diameter of the screw portion and smaller than an outer diameter of the head portion; and

an exterior case including an upper case and a lower case fastened to each other with the one or more shoulder screws,

wherein a first elastic member is disposed in a compressed state at a contact portion between the upper case and the lower case, and a second elastic member is disposed in a compressed state between the head portion and the upper case, and wherein the second elastic member includes a plurality of the second elastic members, and

a length of at least one of the second elastic members at a time of non-compression is different from lengths of the other second elastic members at the time of non-compression.

13. An electric vehicle comprising the battery pack according to claim 12 .

14. A battery pack comprising:

a battery cell;

one or more shoulder screws having a head portion, a screw portion, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the screw portion, the intermediate portion being larger than an outer diameter of the screw portion and smaller than an outer diameter of the head portion; and

an exterior case including an upper case and a lower case fastened to each other with the one or more shoulder screws,

wherein a first elastic member is disposed in a compressed state at a contact portion between the upper case and the lower case, and a second elastic member is disposed in a compressed state between the head portion and the upper case, and wherein the second elastic member includes a plurality of second elastic members, and

a hardness of at least one of the second elastic members is different from hardnesses of the other second elastic members.

15. An electric vehicle comprising the battery pack according to claim 14 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2022
From: BANNAI, YOSHIYUKI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-060780 · Mar 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021012818 · Mar 26, 2021
Related Publication 20230029767A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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