Patent ID: 9368838
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B60L,G01R,H01M,H02J,Y02E,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A battery module having a plurality of cells arranged in a matrix, wherein m cells are connected in series in a column direction to form a series block, in which the cells adjacent to each other are connected to each other without a fusible link provided therebetween, the series block includes n series blocks arranged in a row direction, and the cells adjacent to each other in the row direction are connected in parallel via a first fusible link, the cell located at one end of each of the series blocks is connected to a common input/output terminal via a second fusible link, and the number m of the cells arranged in the column direction and the number n of the series blocks arranged in the row direction satisfy the following formulas (1) and (2) where V