US 11,791,516 B2
Energy storage apparatus
Shun Sasaki, Kyoto (JP); and Yoshimasa Toshioka, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/40,344
Filed by GS Yuasa International Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/008817
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/181502, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-056957 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0057685 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/291 (2021.01); H01G 11/10 (2013.01); H01G 11/82 (2013.01); H01M 10/6555 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/293 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/291 (2021.01) [H01G 11/10 (2013.01); H01G 11/82 (2013.01); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 10/6555 (2015.04); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/293 (2021.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy storage apparatus, comprising:
an energy storage device including a terminal disposed on a first surface of the energy storage device opposite to a third surface of the energy storage device; and
a spacer,
wherein the spacer includes:
a main body portion facing a fourth surface of the energy storage device; and
a protrusion having a shape that protrudes in a first direction that is a direction from the main body portion to the third surface that faces the first direction, the protrusion being disposed along the fourth surface and the protrusion not abutting on the third surface, and
wherein an end edge of the main body portion in the first direction is positioned on an opposite side of the first direction relative to the third surface.