Patent ID: 9530992
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A battery pack comprising: a casing that defines a first side and a second side relative to an axial direction of a plurality of batteries and that is configured to contain the plurality of batteries; a battery holding member provided to have a plurality of battery holding holes and configured to bind the respective batteries in such a state that the respective batteries are parallel to one another in the axial direction of the batteries, by insertion of ends on the first side into the respective battery holding holes; a first bus bar arranged to electrically connect with battery terminals on the first side; a second bus bar arranged to electrically connect with battery terminals on the second side opposite to the first side; a bus bar holding member that is configured to hold the second bus bar and constitute a wall surface on the second side, and that has a projection protruded from a surface on the first side toward a space between the respective batteries; and a sealing sheet member placed between end faces on the second side and the bus bar holding member and configured to have a plurality of terminal exposing holes formed corresponding to the respective batteries and cause peripheries of the respective terminal exposing holes to come into contact with the end faces of the respective batteries, so as to prevent leakage of a gas from inside of the casing toward the second bus bar, wherein the sealing sheet member has a deformation dividing part provided around at least part of the plurality of terminal exposing holes, the deformation dividing part is a breaking part formed as a perforation that remains in a perforated state prior to assembly of the sealing sheet member to the bus bar holding member and is broken during assembly of the sealing sheet member to the bus bar holding member.