Patent ID: 11936061
Assignee: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 8:
9. The power supply device according to claim 8, wherein
the holder part includes a locking hook for locking the upper cover,
the gas guide path defined by the wall portion in an upper surface of the holder part opens upward, and the upper cover is locked with the locking hook to close the gas guide path with the upper cover from above,
the locking hook includes a claw portion projecting upward in a claw shape in each of side surface regions on both sides of the holder part, parallel to a stacked direction of the secondary battery cells, the claw portion having an inclined surface formed outward of the holder part while spreading out, and a locking surface formed extending from the inclined surface of the claw portion at an acute angle,
the upper cover includes a locking hole opened on a surface side corresponding to the locking hook to allow the claw portion of the locking hook to be inserted into the locking hole, and
the upper cover is locked with the holder part by inserting the locking hook into the locking hole and bringing the locking surface of the claw portion into contact with a region positioned within an opening end edge of the locking hole and outside the upper cover.