Patent ID: 9564619
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A battery module comprising: a plurality of cells; a plurality of battery blocks each including at least two of the plurality of cells accommodated in a container, the battery module including the plurality of battery blocks housed in a case, a connection member made of a metal plate electrically connecting electrode terminals of the same polarity of the plurality of cells in the respective battery blocks; and a signal line, wherein the plurality of battery blocks are arranged in a pair to face each other, in each pair of battery blocks, the electrode terminals of the same polarity of respective cells of the battery blocks are arranged to face one another, the connection members of the pair of battery blocks serve as a parallel section in which the connection members are opposite in direction of a current flowing therethrough, and are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and the pair of battery blocks are electrically connected to each other at one end of the parallel section by a connection section, the signal line is arranged nearly equidistant from the connection members while being interposed in a space between the respective connection members of the pair of the battery blocks, and is arranged substantially parallel to the connection members, one end of the signal line is arranged in a position away from the connection section in a direction toward the other end of the parallel section, and the space forming a duct for exhausting a gas emitted from the plurality of cells of each pair of battery blocks.