US 12,451,571 B2
Battery module
Yuji Sasaki, Yokohama (JP); and Norio Shimizu, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/048,922.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-173854 (JP), filed on Oct. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0125103 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/583 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/583 (2021.01) [H01M 50/505 (2021.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module, comprising:
a first battery including a first terminal;
a second battery including a second terminal;
a bus bar located above the first and second batteries, the bus bar being flexible and including
a first part connected to the first terminal,
a second part connected to the second terminal, and
a fuse part positioned between the first part and the second part and linked to the first and second parts, the fuse part being meltable by a lower current than the first and second parts; and
a cover member located below the bus bar, the cover member being insulative and including
a cover part covering the first and second batteries and leaving the first and second terminals exposed, and
a support part located on the cover part,
in a state in which the fuse part has melted and the first and second parts are separated, the support part supports the first part so that a position of an end portion of the first part most proximate to the second part is higher than a position of an end portion of the second part most proximate to the first part.