BATTERY MODULE

Organization Name

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor(s)

Shinya Ishikawa of Anjo-shi JP

Takashi Miura of Nagoya-shi JP

Tetsuya Mimura of Chiryu-shi JP

Toshihiro Shimonaka of Toyota-shi JP

Yuki Hirata of Chigasaki-shi JP

Masayoshi Haga of Nagoya-shi JP

Kazuya Kumazawa of Nagoya-shi JP

BATTERY MODULE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18907604 titled 'BATTERY MODULE

Original Abstract Submitted

A battery module in which a laminated body configured by laminating plural battery cells to each other is accommodated within a module case and in which plural battery cells are electrically connected to each other, wherein: the each battery cell includes a first electrode lead that protrudes at one side in a width direction along a first side surface portion at one side in the thickness direction, and a second electrode lead that protrudes at another side in the width direction along a second side surface portion at another side in the thickness direction; and each battery cell has a symmetrical structure in which height positions of the first electrode lead and the second electrode lead do not change in an inverted posture inverted along a center line in the thickness direction and an inverted posture inverted along a center line in the width direction.