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Granted Patent B2
US 12,334,526 · App. 17/633,978 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Power storage pack

Inventor: Kazuki Kuramitsu (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01M10/653H01G11/10H01G11/18H01M10/613H01M10/647H01M10/6554H01M50/289
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Patent No.
US 12,334,526
App. No.
17/633,978
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power storage pack includes a plurality of power storage modules each having a plurality of power storage devices arranged in first direction X and binding members that bind the plurality of power storage devices, and heat transfer members that transfer heat between the plurality of power storage modules. The plurality of power storage modules includes at least a first power storage module and a second power storage module. Each heat transfer member has first connecting parts thermally connected to a surface of the first power storage module, the surface being parallel with first direction X, second connecting parts thermally connected to a surface of the second power storage module, the surface being parallel with first direction X, and coupling parts thermally coupling the first connecting parts to the second connecting parts. The first connecting parts and the second connecting parts are arranged in such a way as to be shifted from each other in first direction X.

Claims (40)

1. A power storage pack comprising:

a plurality of power storage modules, the power storage modules each including a plurality of power storage devices arranged in a first direction and a binding member that binds the plurality of power storage devices; and

a heat transfer member that transfers heat between the plurality of power storage modules,

wherein the plurality of power storage modules includes at least a first power storage module and a second power storage module,

the heat transfer member includes:

a first connecting part thermally connected to a surface of the first power storage module, the surface being parallel with the first direction;

a second connecting part thermally connected to a surface of the second power storage module, the surface being parallel with the first direction; and

a coupling part thermally connecting the first connecting part to the second connecting part, and

the first connecting part and the second connecting part are arranged while being shifted from each other in the first direction, and

wherein the heat transfer member includes a plurality of a first connecting parts each being the first connection part and a plurality of a second connecting parts each being the second connection part,

the plurality of first connecting parts and the plurality of second connecting parts are lined up alternately in the first direction,

the first power storage module and the second power storage module include second surfaces, respectively, the second surfaces directing a same direction,

the heat transfer member is disposed to overlap two of the second surfaces,

the coupling part extends in the first direction between the first power storage module and the second power storage module in a view in a direction in which the heat transfer member and the second surfaces overlap each other,

the plurality of first connecting parts project from the coupling part toward the first power storage module and are connected to the second surface of the first power storage module, and

the plurality of second connecting parts project from the coupling part toward the second power storage module and are connected to the second surface of the second power storage module.

2. The power storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein the first connecting part and the second connecting part are arranged while being shifted from each other by an interval equal to or more than one of the plurality of power storage devices.

3. The power storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first connecting parts are arranged at intervals to cause two of the first connecting parts adjacent to each other to sandwich one of the plurality of power storage devices in the first direction; and

the plurality of second connecting parts are arranged at intervals to cause two of the second connecting parts adjacent to each other to sandwich one of the plurality of power storage devices in the first direction.

4. The power storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein

the first power storage module and the second power storage module each include first surfaces counter to each other, and

between two of the first surfaces, the heat transfer member extends in the first direction while meandering, and a plurality of first parts projecting toward the first power storage module constitute a plurality of the first connecting parts as a plurality of second parts projecting toward the second power storage module constitute a plurality of the second connecting parts.

5. The power storage pack according to claim 4 , wherein

the plurality of first parts each include a surface parallel with the first surface of the first power storage module, and

the plurality of second parts each include a surface parallel with the first surface of the second power storage module.

6. The power storage pack according to claim 4 , wherein the coupling part extends perpendicularly relative to the first direction.

7. The power storage pack according to claim 4 , comprising a plurality of the heat transfer members including at least a first heat transfer member and a second heat transfer member,

wherein the second power storage module is sandwiched between the first heat transfer member and the second heat transfer member,

a plurality of the second connecting parts of the first heat transfer member are thermally connected to one of two surfaces of the second power storage module, the two surfaces being parallel with the first direction and counter to each other, and

a plurality of the first connecting parts of the second heat transfer member are thermally connected to another of the two surfaces, and are counter to a plurality of the first connecting parts of the first heat transfer member across the second power storage module.

8. The power storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of first connecting parts each include a surface parallel with the second surface of the first power storage module, and

the plurality of second connecting parts each include a surface parallel with the second surface of the second power storage module.

9. The power storage pack according to claim 1 , comprising a plurality of the heat transfer members including at least a first heat transfer member and a second heat transfer member,

wherein a plurality of the second connecting parts of the first heat transfer member are thermally connected to some of the plurality of power storage devices of the second power storage module, and

a plurality of the first connecting parts of the second heat transfer member are thermally connected to others of the plurality of power storage devices of the second power storage module, and are counter to the first connecting part of the first heat transfer member across the connecting part of the first heat transfer member.

10. The power storage pack according to claim 1 , wherein

the binding member includes a body extending in the first direction and a through-hole, a recess, or a gap provided in the body, and

a part of the heat transfer member is fitted in the through-hole, the recess, or the gap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2022
From: KURAMITSU, KAZUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060571/0283 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-176098 · Sep 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220320624A1 · Oct 6, 2022
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