US 11,990,646 B2
Power storage module
Shingo Kume, Osaka (JP); and Akihiro Yoneyama, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/288,583
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/044258
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/105502, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-217661 (JP), filed on Nov. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0391629 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/545 (2021.01); H01M 50/557 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/505 (2021.01) [H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/545 (2021.01); H01M 50/557 (2021.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power storage module comprising:
a plurality of power storage devices; and
a bus bar electrically connecting at least two continuously adjacent ones of the plurality of power storage devices, wherein:
each of the plurality of power storage devices has a housing and a pair of output terminals disposed on a first surface of the housing,
the bus bar has a plurality of terminal connections each of which is connected to corresponding one of the pair of output terminals of each of the at least two continuously adjacent ones of the plurality of power storage devices and a linking part connecting the plurality of terminal connections,
each of the plurality of terminal connections has a first part connected to one of the pair of output terminals and a second part that is continuous from the first part and extends along a second surface expanding in a direction intersecting the first surface of the housing,
the linking part has a third part connecting the second part of one of the plurality of terminal connections and the second part of an adjacent one of the plurality of terminal connections adjacent to the one of the plurality of terminal connections,
the bus bar has an insulating part covering a surface facing the plurality of power storage devices,
the insulating part has a region covering a surface of the first part facing the first surface, and
a rib protruding toward the first surface is disposed in a part of the region.