Patent ID: 8802274

Claim:
A secondary battery module comprising: a casing in which a plurality of vents are formed so as to allow outside air to flow in a vertical direction; at least one partition wall configured to partition an internal space of the casing into a plurality of cell chambers; a plurality of rod-shaped battery cells housed in the cell chambers; and pipe shaped members that are aligned along the vertical direction of the casing, wherein each of the pipe shaped members: i) extends along an axis direction of the battery cells, and ii) has a plurality of holes facing the cell chambers, wherein the partition wall comprises: a communication path configured to communicate between the cell chambers and the outside of the casing so as to allow outside air to be introduced into the internal space of the cell chambers; and a support member configured to support the plurality of battery cells along a horizontal direction and at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction in the cell chambers such that the axis direction is perpendicular to the vertical direction and extends along the partition wall.