Patent Publication Number: US-2021178913-A1

Title: Power storage device

Description:
This application is based on and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2019-227441, filed on 17 Dec. 2019, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a power storage device. 
     Related Art 
     There has been conventionally known a battery housing in which a plurality of battery cells are housed, the housing having side surfaces to which a plurality of fixing flanges for fastening to a vehicle are welded (see Patent Document 1). 
     Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application (Translation of PCT Application), Publication No. 2017-531290 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     However, when the fixing flanges are welded to the side surfaces of the housing, there are problems in that it is difficult to position the fixing flanges on the side surfaces of the housing, and complicated work of welding the fixing flanges one by one in sequence is needed. In addition, distortion (thermal distortion) occurs in the housing due to heat input at the time of welding, which may cause the positions of the fixing flanges to deviate with respect to a vehicle body frame. If the positions of the fixing flanges deviate, the fastening portions may deviate with respect to the vehicle body frame, or a distance between the housing and the vehicle body frame may deviate, which may make it difficult to fasten the housing to the appropriate positions of the vehicle body frame. 
     The present invention has an object to provide a power storage device to which a vehicle body fastening member can be easily positioned and reliably attached. 
     (1) A power storage device according to the present invention (for example, a power storage device  1  described later) comprises: a cell group (for example, a cell group  3  described later) in which a plurality of battery cells (for example, battery cells  31  described later) are stacked; a cylindrical housing part (for example, a housing part  2  described later) that houses the cell group and has an opening (for example, an opening  20   a  described later) at each end in a stacking direction (for example, an X direction described later) of the battery cells; an end plate (for example, an end plate  4  described later) that covers the opening in the housing part; a vehicle body fastening member (for example, a vehicle body fastening member  5  described later) that is formed separately from the housing part and fastens the housing part to a vehicle body; and a bolt (for example, a bolt  6  described later) that fastens the end plate to the housing part, wherein the vehicle body fastening member has a threaded portion (for example, a threaded portion  56  described later) to be threadedly engaged with the bolt, and is fixed to the housing part by threadedly engaging the threaded portion with the bolt provided through the end plate and the housing part. 
     According to the above-described (1), since the vehicle body fastening member is fixed to the housing part by threadedly engaging, with the threaded portion, the bolt for fastening the end plate to the housing part, the vehicle body fastening member can be easily positioned and reliably attached to the housing part without the need for welding. 
     (2) The power storage device according to (1) may be configured in which the vehicle body fastening member includes an engagement protruding portion (for example, an engagement protruding portion  52  described later) that protrudes toward the housing part and includes the threaded portion in the engagement protruding portion, an outer surface of the housing part includes an engagement recessed portion (for example, an engagement recessed portion  28  described later) to be engaged with the engagement protruding portion of the vehicle body fastening member, and the bolt is threadedly engaged with the threaded portion in the engagement protruding portion to be housed in the engagement recessed portion. 
     According to the above-described (2), since the threaded portion can be aligned with the bolt just by engaging (fitting) the engagement protruding portion of the vehicle body fastening member with (in) the engagement recessed portion of the housing part  2 , the vehicle body fastening member can be further easily positioned with respect to the housing part. 
     (3) The power storage device according to (2) may be configured in which the engagement recessed portion of the housing part is disposed in a corner (for example, corners  2   a ,  2   b  described later) extending in a length direction of the housing part, and a bolt insertion hole (for example, a bolt insertion hole  27  described later) into which the bolt is to be inserted is provided inside the corner to open to the engagement recessed portion. 
     According to the above-described (3), since the bolt insertion hole is disposed inside the corner having high rigidity in the housing part, both of the end plate and the vehicle body fastening member can be firmly fixed to the housing part. 
     (4) The power storage device according to (3) may be configured in which the vehicle body fastening member includes a pair of the engagement protruding portions protruding in a U-shape toward the housing part, and the engagement recessed portions of the housing part are provided on the two corners adjacent to each other in the housing part to correspond to the pair of engagement protruding portions of the vehicle body fastening member, respectively. 
     According to the above-described (4), the vehicle body fastening member can be stably fixed to the housing part by the pair of engagement protruding portions. 
     (5) The power storage device according to any one of (1) to (4) may be configured in which the vehicle body fastening member is disposed on side wall portions (for example, side wall portions  23  described later) facing each other in a width direction (for example, a Y direction described later) of the housing part. 
     According to the above-described (5), a dimension in the height direction of the power storage device can be suppressed even when the vehicle body fastening members are attached to the housing part. 
     (6) The power storage device according to (5) may be configured in which a cavity portion (for example, a cavity portion  253  described later) is provided inside the side wall portion of the housing part, and the vehicle body fastening member is further fixed to the side wall portion by a blind nut (for example, a blind nut  8  described later) to be inserted into the cavity portion from an outer surface (for example, an outer surface  23   a  described later) of the side wall portion. 
     According to the above-described (6), the vehicle body fastening member can be fixed more firmly to the housing part. Since the vehicle body fastening member is fixed to the side wall portion using the blind nut, the vehicle body fastening member can be reliably fixed even when a thickness of a portion in the side wall portion through which the blind nut is to be inserted is small. 
     (7) The power storage device according to (6) may be configured in which the side wall portion of the housing part includes at least two heat exchange medium flow paths (for example, an upper flow path  251  and a lower flow path  252  described later) that are arranged in a height direction of the side wall portion along a length direction of the housing part, and the cavity portion is disposed between the two heat exchange medium flow paths. 
     According to the above-described (7), the cavity portion can be provided in the side wall portion even when a flow path through which a heat exchange medium flows is provided in the side wall portion of the housing part, the heat exchange medium exchanging heat with the battery cells. Since the cavity portion separates the two flow paths, heat exchange between the two flow paths can be suppressed, and heat can be efficiently exchanged between the heat exchange medium and the battery cells. 
     The present invention can provide a power storage device to which a vehicle body fastening member can be easily positioned and be reliably attached. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an overall perspective view illustrating a power storage device according to one embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view along line A-A in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view along line B-B in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a cell group; 
         FIG. 5  is an exploded perspective view illustrating a portion of the power storage device illustrated in  FIG. 1  in an enlarged manner; 
         FIG. 6  is a cross-sectional view illustrating an attachment structure of a vehicle body fastening member of a power storage device according to another embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 7  is an enlarged view illustrating a portion in  FIG. 6 ; and 
         FIG. 8  is a cross-sectional view along line C-C in  FIG. 6 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.  FIG. 1  is an overall perspective view illustrating a power storage device according to one embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view along line A-A in  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view along line B-B in  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 4  is a perspective view illustrating a configuration of a cell group.  FIG. 5  is an exploded perspective view illustrating a portion of the power storage device illustrated in  FIG. 1  in an enlarged manner. As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , a power storage device  1  includes a housing part  2 , a cell group  3  to be housed in the housing part  2 , an end plate  4 , and a plurality of vehicle body fastening members  5  for fastening the housing part  2  to a vehicle body (not illustrated). 
     In directions indicated by arrows in each drawing of the present specification, a direction along an X direction indicates a length direction of the power storage device  1  and the housing part  2 . A direction along a Y direction indicates a width direction of the power storage device  1  and the housing part  2 . A direction along a Z direction indicates a height direction of the power storage device  1  and the housing part  2 . 
     The housing part  2  illustrated in the present embodiment is a case made of metal such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and is formed in a horizontally long quadrangular cylindrical shape in which a dimension in the width direction (Y direction) is larger than that in the height direction (Z direction). The housing part  2  is an extrusion-molded product formed by extrusion molding along one direction (X direction). Since the housing part  2  constituted by the extrusion-molded product can be easily formed and does not have a joint portion in which plate members are joined to each other, assembly variation or thermal distortion arising from the joint portion does not occur. Hence, the housing part  2  has a stable shape. 
     Note that two housing parts  2 ,  2  are disposed in parallel in the power storage device  1  illustrated in the present embodiment. However, it is only required that at least one housing part  2  is disposed in the power storage device  1 . Since the two housing parts  2 ,  2  have substantially the same structure (bilaterally symmetric structure), in the following description, one housing part  2  will be described. 
     The housing part  2  includes an upper wall portion  21  and a lower wall portion  22  facing each other in the height direction, two side wall portions  23 ,  23  facing each other in the width direction, and one middle wall portion  24  disposed between the side wall portions  23 ,  23  and extending in parallel with the side wall portions  23 ,  23  from the upper wall portion  21  to the lower wall portion  22 . In the housing part  2 , two rows of housing spaces  20 ,  20  each for housing the cell group  3  are formed as spaces surrounded by the upper wall portion  21 , the lower wall portion  22 , the side wall portions  23 ,  23 , and the middle wall portion  24 . Openings  20   a ,  20   a  formed in a horizontally long rectangular shape are open in both ends of the housing part  2  in the length direction (X direction), respectively, so that the housing spaces  20 ,  20  communicate with the outside. 
     Heat exchange medium flow paths  25 ,  26  through which heat exchange media to be subjected to heat exchange with the battery cells  31  (described later) forming the cell groups  3 ,  3  flow are provided inside the side wall portions  23 ,  23  and inside the middle wall portion  24  of the housing part  2 , respectively. The heat exchange medium flow paths  25 ,  26  extend along the entire length of the housing part  2  in the length direction, and each is opened to both ends of the housing part  2  in the length direction. As illustrated in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 3 , the heat exchange medium flow paths  25 ,  26  are divided into the upper flow paths  251 ,  261  and the lower flow paths  252 ,  262  by flow path partition walls  25   a ,  26   a  extending along the length direction of the housing part  2  at a substantially center portion of the housing part  2  in the height direction, respectively. The upper flow path  251  and the lower flow path  252  are aligned with the upper flow path  261  and the lower flow path  262  in the height direction of the housing part  2 , respectively. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4 , each of the cell groups  3 ,  3  housed in the respective housing spaces  20 ,  20  of the housing part  2  is configured by stacking along the X direction a plurality of battery cells  31  formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape, for example, lithium ion secondary batteries. Each of plate-shaped insulating separators  32  is disposed between the battery cells  31 ,  31  adjacent to each other in the stacking direction. The battery cell  31  is configured by housing an electrode body (not illustrated) in a cell case made of aluminum, an aluminum alloy or the like, and has a pair of positive and negative electrode terminals  33 ,  33  on the upper surface. The electrode terminals  33 ,  33  of the battery cells  31 ,  31  adjacent to each other in the stacking direction are electrically connected by a bus bar  34 . Accordingly, all the battery cells  31  configuring one cell group  3  are electrically connected in series or in parallel. 
     The cell groups  3 ,  3  are inserted into the respective housing spaces  20 ,  20  in the housing part  2  from the respective openings  20   a ,  20   a  in the stacking direction of the battery cells  31 , thereby being housed in the housing part  2 . Each of the cell groups  3 ,  3  are sandwiched between the side wall portion  23  and the middle wall portion  24 . Therefore, even when two rows of cell groups  3 ,  3  are housed in one housing part  2 , heat can be efficiently exchanged with the heat exchange media flowing through the heat exchange medium flow paths  25 ,  26  at both sides of each of the battery cells  31  in the width direction. The cell groups  3 ,  3  housed in the housing part  2  may be integrated by a restraining band or the like (not illustrated) in order to maintain the state in which the battery cells  31  are stacked. One housing part  2  illustrated in the present embodiment includes two rows of housing spaces  20 ,  20 , and houses the two cell groups  3 ,  3  in parallel. However, it is only required that one housing part  2  includes at least one housing space  20 . 
     The end plate  4  is disposed to cover the openings  20   a ,  20   a  at each end of the housing part  2 . As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , end plates  4 A,  4 A disposed at one end (an end on the lower left side in  FIG. 1 ) of the housing parts  2 ,  2  in the length direction are individually provided to correspond to the two housing parts  2 ,  2 , respectively, and are integrally connected by a connection member  40  between the housing parts  2 ,  2 . In addition, an end plate  4 B disposed at the other end (an end on the upper right side in  FIG. 1 ) of the housing parts  2 ,  2  in the length direction is provided in common over the two housing parts  2 ,  2 . 
     The housing part  2  includes bolt insertion holes  27  for inserting bolts  6  therethrough in a corner  2   a  between the upper wall portion  21  and the side wall portion  23 , a corner  2   b  between the lower wall portion  22  and the side wall portion  23 , a corner  2   c  between the upper wall portion  21  and the middle wall portion  24 , and a corner  2   d  between the lower wall portion  22  and the middle wall portion  24 , thereby to fasten the end plate  4 . Each of the corners  2   a  to  2   d  extends in the length direction of the housing part  2 . Each of the bolt insertion holes  27  extends along the entire length of the housing part  2  in the length direction of the housing part  2 . 
     The end plate  4  is fixed to the housing part  2  by a plurality of bolts  6  corresponding to the respective bolt insertion holes  27 . That is, a plurality of bolt insertion holes  41  corresponding to the respective bolt insertion holes  27  in the housing part  2  are provided in each end plate  4  ( 4 A,  4 B). The end plate  4  is fastened to each of the housing parts  2 ,  2  by the bolts  6  inserted through the respective bolt insertion holes  41  in the end plate  4  and the respective bolt insertion holes  27  in the housing part  2  from the outer surface side of the end plate  4 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 3 , flow path members  42 ,  42  for allowing communication with the heat exchange medium flow paths  25 ,  26  in each of the housing parts  2 ,  2  are provided on outer surfaces of the end plates  4 A,  4 A provided individually to the two housing parts  2 ,  2 , respectively. As illustrated in  FIG. 3 , the flow path member  42  communicates with the heat exchange medium flow paths  25 ,  26  opening at end portions of the housing part  2 , via passageways  43 ,  43  that pass through the end plate  4 . An inlet port  44  and an outlet port  45  for the heating medium are provided in the flow path member  42 . In this way, the heat exchange medium having flowed from the inlet port  44  in one housing part  2  flows through the heat exchange medium flow paths  25 ,  26  in one way via the flow path member  42  and the passageway  43 , flows through the passageway  43  and the flow path member  42  again, and flows from the outlet port  45  to the outside. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , an interface box  7  is attached to the end plate  4 B provided in common over the two housing parts  2 ,  2 , to electrically connect between the battery cells  31  configuring each of a plurality of cell groups  3  in each of the housing parts  2 ,  2  and an external device (not illustrated). 
     The vehicle body fastening member  5  is a bracket for fastening the power storage device  1  (the housing part  2 ) to a vehicle body frame (not illustrated) by a fastening member (not illustrated) such as a bolt, and is formed of, for example, aluminum or an aluminum alloy, separately from the housing part  2 . A plurality of vehicle body fastening members  5  are provided for one housing part  2 . It is desirable that the plurality of vehicle body fastening members  5  provided for one housing part  2  are disposed separately from one another in the width direction of the housing part  2 , to stably attach the housing part  2  with respect to the vehicle body frame (not illustrated). In the present embodiment, two vehicle body fastening members  5  are provided on each of the side wall portions  23 ,  23  disposed outside the housing parts  2 ,  2 , and one vehicle body fastening member  5  is provided on each of the side wall portions  23 ,  23  disposed between the housing parts  2 ,  2 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the vehicle body fastening member  5  includes a rectangular plate-shaped fastening member body  51  having a height substantially equal to that of the side wall portion  23  of the housing part  2 , a pair of engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52  protruding in a U-shape toward the housing part  2  from an upper end  51   a  and a lower end  51   b  of the fastening member body  51 , respectively, and a flange portion  53  protruding from the upper end  51   a  of the fastening member body  51  in a direction opposite to the engagement protruding portion  52 . A pair of reinforcing plate portions  54 ,  54  are provided at both ends of the fastening member body  51  in the width direction, to be slantingly connected between the flange portion  53  and the lower end  51   b  of the fastening member body  51 . Thus, the vehicle body fastening member  5  is reduced in weight without decreasing the strength. 
     A fastening member insertion hole  55  through which the fastening member for fastening to the vehicle body frame (not illustrated) is to be inserted is provided in the flange portion  53 , to pass through in an up-and-down direction. In the pair of engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52 , respective threaded portions  56 ,  56  passing therethrough are provided in the length direction (X direction) of the housing part  2 . On each of the inner surfaces of the threaded portions  56 ,  56 , a female thread (not illustrated) is formed to be threadedly engaged with the corresponding bolt  6  for fastening the end plate  4 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , in an outer surface of the housing part  2 , a pair of engagement recessed portions  28 ,  28  are provided in the upper and lower corners  2   a ,  2   b  of the side wall portion  23  to be engaged with the pair of engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52  of the vehicle body fastening member  5 , respectively. The vehicle body fastening member  5  is to be attached to a region in the housing part  2  in which the pair of engagement recessed portions  28 ,  23  are provided. Accordingly, in the housing part  2 , the pair of upper and lower engagement recessed portions  28 ,  28  are provided, corresponding to the attaching positions and the number of vehicle body fastening members  5 . 
     The engagement recessed portion  28  is formed by cutting off the housing part  2  from the outer surface thereof to have a shape corresponding to an outer shape of the engagement protruding portion  52  of the vehicle body fastening member  5 . The engagement recessed portion  28  is formed to divide the bolt insertion hole  27  in each of the corners  2   a ,  2   b  of the housing part  2 . Accordingly, the divided bolt insertion hole  27  has insertion hole openings  27   a ,  27   a  formed in inner surfaces  28   a ,  28   a  of the engagement recessed portion  28 , the inner surfaces  28   a ,  28   a  being disposed facing each other in the length direction of the housing part  2 . 
     Next, an assembly procedure of the power storage device  1  will be described. Firstly, before attaching the end plate  4 , the cell groups  3 ,  3  each in which a plurality of battery cells  31  are stacked in advance are housed in the respective housing spaces  20 ,  20  of the housing part  2 . Then, a plurality of vehicle body fastening members  5  are attached to the housing part  2 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the vehicle body fastening member  5  is attached to the housing part  2  so that the flange portion  53  is disposed on top in a state in which the pair of engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52  are directed to the side wall portion  23  of the housing part  2 . The pair of engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52  of the vehicle body fastening member  5  are fitted in the pair of engagement recessed portions  28 ,  28  of the housing part  2 . When the engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52  are fitted in the engagement recessed portions  28 ,  28 , the threaded portions  56 ,  56  in the engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52  are disposed coaxially with the insertion hole openings  27   a ,  27   a  in the inner surfaces  28   a ,  28   a  of the engagement recessed portion  28 . 
     After the vehicle body fastening members  5  are attached to all the engagement recessed portions  28  of the housing part  2 , the end plate  4  ( 4 A,  4 B) is attached to the housing part  2  to cover the openings  20   a  of the housing part  2 , and the bolts  6  are inserted through the respective bolt insertion holes  41  in the end plate  4  and the respective bolt insertion holes  27  in the housing part  2 . Among the plurality of bolts  6 , the bolts  6  to be inserted through the bolt insertion holes  27  in the corners  2   a ,  2   b  in which the engagement recessed portions  28 ,  28  of the housing part  2  are provided have a length that allows the distal ends  6   a  of the bolts  6  to be disposed in the respective engagement recessed portions  28 ,  28 . Therefore, after the distal ends  6   a  of the bolts  6  pass through the end plate  4 , the distal ends  6   a  reach inside the engagement recessed portions  28 ,  28  of the housing part  2 , thereby being threadedly engaged with the threaded portions  56 ,  56  provided in the engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52  of the vehicle body fastening member  5 , as illustrated in  FIG. 3 . When the bolts  6  are further fastened in this state, the end plate  4  is firmly fastened to the housing part  2  and the vehicle body fastening members  5  are also firmly fastened to the housing part  2 . 
     After all the vehicle body fastening members  5  are fixed to all the housing parts  2 ,  2 , the power storage device  1  is fastened to the vehicle body frame (not illustrated) by inserting fastening members (not illustrated) through the fastening member insertion holes  55  in the flange portions  53  of the vehicle body fastening members  5 , respectively. 
     In this way, the vehicle body fastening member  5  is fixed to the housing part  2  by threadedly engaging, with the threaded portion  56 , the bolt  6  for fastening the end plate  4  to the housing part  2 , whereby the vehicle body fastening member  5  can be easily positioned and reliably attached to the housing part  2  just by aligning the threaded portion  56  with the distal end  6   a  (bolt insertion hole  27 ) of the bolt  6 . Since it is not necessary to weld the vehicle body fastening members  5  to the housing part  2  one by one in sequence to fix the vehicle body fastening members  5  to the housing part  2 , the fixing operations of the vehicle body fastening members  5  are also simplified. 
     Since the threaded portion  56  of the vehicle body fastening member  5  can be aligned with the bolt insertion hole  27  just by engaging (fitting) the engagement protruding portion  52  protruding toward the housing part  2  with (in) the engagement recessed portion of the housing part  2 , the vehicle body fastening member  5  can be further easily positioned with respect to the housing part  2 . Since the bolt insertion holes  27  are provided inside the respective corners  2   a ,  2   b  having high rigidity in the housing part along the length direction of the housing part  2 , both of the end plate  4  and the vehicle body fastening member  5  can be firmly fixed to the housing part  2 . 
     The vehicle body fastening member  5  can be stably fixed to the housing part  2  by the pair of engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52 . In addition, since the vehicle body fastening members  5  are disposed on the side wall portion  23  of the housing part  2 , a dimension in the height direction of the power storage device  1  (housing part  2 ) can be suppressed even when the vehicle body fastening members  5  are attached to the housing part  2 , whereby the power storage device  1  can be configured in a compact manner. 
       FIG. 6  is a cross-sectional view illustrating an attachment structure of a vehicle body fastening member of a power storage device according to another embodiment of the present invention.  FIG. 7  is an enlarged view illustrating a portion in  FIG. 6 .  FIG. 8  is a cross-sectional view along line C-C in  FIG. 6 . Since the portions identified with the same reference numerals as the power storage device  1  illustrated in  FIG. 1  to  FIG. 5  are the portions of the same configurations, the description thereof will be omitted here by referring to the above description. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6 , a cavity portion  253  is provided inside the side wall portion  23  of the housing part  2 . The cavity portion  253  is disposed between the upper flow path  251  and the lower flow path  252  of the heat exchange medium flow path  25 , and extends along the entire length of the housing part  2  in the length direction along the heat exchange medium flow path  25 . That is, the upper flow path  251  is partitioned from the cavity portion  253  by an upper wall  253   a  of the cavity portion  253 , and the lower flow path  252  is partitioned from the cavity portion  253  by a lower wall  253   b  of the cavity portion  253 . As illustrated in  FIG. 8 , each end of the cavity portion  253  in the length direction (X direction) is closed by a closing member  254 . Accordingly, the heat exchange medium in the heat exchange medium flow path  25  is prevented from flowing into the cavity portion  253 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 7 , the vehicle body fastening member  5  disposed on the side wall portion  23  of the housing part  2  is further fixed to the side wall portion  23  by a blind nut  8  to be inserted into the cavity portion  253  through the outer surface of the side wall portion  23 . Specifically, as illustrated in  FIG. 7 , in a portion of the side wall portion  23  to which the vehicle body fastening member  5  is attached, an insertion hole  23   b  for inserting the blind nut  8  is formed in an outer surface  23   a  corresponding to a position of the cavity portion  253 , and the cylindrical blind nut  8  is inserted into the insertion hole  23   b  to protrude to an inside of the cavity portion  253 . 
     The vehicle body fastening member  5  is attached to the side wall portion  23  by the bolts  6 ,  6  as described above, to cover the blind nut  8  with the fastening member body  51 . The fastening member body  51  has a bolt insertion hole  51   c  at a position corresponding to the insertion hole  23   b  in the side wall portion  23 , and a bolt  9  is inserted into the blind nut  8  through the bolt insertion hole  51   c . The bolt  9  is threadedly engaged with a female thread (not illustrated) provided on the inner surface of the blind nut  8 . When the bolt  9  threadedly engaged with the blind nut  8  is further fastened, a portion of the blind nut  8  disposed in the cavity portion  253  gradually contracts and thereby is expanded in the radial direction, resulting in forming an enlarged diameter portion  81 . Thus, the fastening member body  51  of the vehicle body fastening member  5  is fixed to the outer surface  23   a  of the side wall portion  23 . 
     In this way, the vehicle body fastening member  5  is fixed to the housing part  2  by the engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52 , and is further fixed to the side wall portion  23  of the housing part  2  by the fastening member body  51 , whereby the vehicle body fastening member  5  can be fixed more firmly to the housing part  2 . The use of the blind nut  8  enables reliable fixing of the vehicle body fastening member  5 , even when the thickness of the outer surface  23   a  of the side wall portion  23  through which the blind nut  8  is to be inserted is small. 
     In addition, the heat exchange medium flow path  25  in the side wall portion  23  is partitioned into the upper flow path  251  and the lower flow path  252  by the cavity portion  253 , whereby heat exchange between the two flow paths  251 ,  252  can be suppressed and heat can be efficiently exchanged between the heat exchange medium and the battery cells  31 . 
     The vehicle body fastening member  5  illustrated in the above-described embodiments includes the pair of engagement protruding portions  52 ,  52 . However, it is only required that the vehicle body fastening member  5  includes at least one engagement protruding portion  52 . 
     EXPLANATION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 
     
         
         
           
               1  Power storage device 
               2  Housing part 
               2   a ,  2   b  Corner 
               20   a  Opening 
               23  Side wall portion 
               23   a  Outer surface (of side wall portion) 
               25  Heat exchange medium flow path 
               251  Upper flow path 
               252  Lower flow path 
               253  Cavity portion 
               27  Bolt insertion hole 
               28  Engagement recessed portion 
               3  Cell group 
               31  Battery cell 
               4 ,  4 A,  4 B End plate 
               5  Vehicle body fastening member 
               52  Engagement protruding portion 
               56  Threaded portion 
               6  Bolt 
               8  Blind nut