BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK

Organization Name

toyota jidosha kabushiki kaisha

Inventor(s)

Tomoya Mesuda of Nisshin-shi (JP)

Seigo Fujishima of Miyoshi-shi (JP)

Yoshiro Obayashi of Toyota-shi (JP)

Kosuke Suzuki of Toyota-shi (JP)

Takeru Hara of Toyota-shi (JP)

Satoshi Moriyama of Nagoya-shi (JP)

Kenta Miyahara of Toyohashi-shi (JP)

BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250070354 titled 'BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK

Original Abstract Submitted

a battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells housed in an arrayed state inside a case; and a buffer member that is disposed at least one of between adjacent battery cells and between the battery cells and an inner wall of the case such that its thickness direction coincides with the array direction of the battery cells and is formed in such a way that a reaction force acting on the battery cells is smaller at its central portion than at its peripheral end portion.