US 11,862,817 B2
Energy storage apparatus
Shun Sasaki, Kyoto (JP); Yasuyuki Iwashima, Kyoto (JP); Yo Hasegawa, Kyoto (JP); Tsuyoshi Hidaka, Kyoto (JP); and Yuta Yamamoto, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 16/967,657
Filed by GS Yuasa International Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/003803
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/159732, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-023943 (JP), filed on Feb. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0242541 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/51 (2021.01); H01R 13/518 (2006.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/227 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/507 (2021.01) [H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 50/227 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/51 (2021.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01); H01R 13/518 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy storage apparatus comprising:
an energy storage device group in which a plurality of arrayed energy storage devices including terminals form a terminal surface where the terminals are disposed and a side surface intersecting the terminal surface; and
a busbar frame holding a plurality of busbars that connects the terminals adjacent to each other,
wherein
the busbar frame includes:
a body holding the busbars and disposed on the terminal surface;
a connector holder including a connector to which an external connector is connected, the connector holder being disposed on the side surface; and
a coupling portion coupling the body and the connector holder,
wherein the coupling portion couples the connector holder to the body variably between a first posture located along the terminal surface and a second posture located along the side surface,
wherein the connector holder is disposed on the side surface by bending from the first posture to the second posture, and
wherein the energy storage device group further includes an outer case surrounding an outer periphery that includes the side surface and including the terminal surface located at one end, and
the outer case is provided with a locking portion that locks the connector holder in the second posture.