Patent ID: 8951657
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A battery apparatus having a plurality of flat secondary batteries, the apparatus comprising: a housing with an opening; a lid capable of opening and closing the opening of said housing; first guide slots each receiving a first end portion of one of the secondary batteries; second guide slots each receiving a second end portion of one of the secondary batteries opposite to the first end portion; a first member in plate form provided in said housing; and a second member in plate form provided in said housing, the second member in plate form being opposite to said first member in plate form, wherein a plurality of secondary batteries are disposed in a vertical orientation in parallel with each other in said housing and are capable of being singly inserted into or removed from said housing through the opening; wherein each secondary battery can be inserted into or removed from said housing along said first guide slot and said second guide slot, wherein said first guide slots are provided in a lower surface of said first member in plate form opposite to said second member in plate form, wherein said second guide slots are provided in an upper surface of said second member in plate form opposite to said first member in plate form, wherein a plurality of rail members are arranged at a predetermined interval on the lower surface of said first member in plate form to form said first guide slots between the rail members that are adjacent, and wherein a plurality of rail members are arranged at a predetermined interval on the upper surface of said second member in plate form to form said second guide slots between the rail members that are adjacent.