Abstract: Occurrence of a problem in a power storage module due to a force such as an impact from outside can be inhibited. The power storage module includes a battery cell 2 having electrode terminals 2A and 2B, an external connector 3 electrically connected to the electrode terminals, and a battery case which houses the battery cell and the external connector. The battery case includes a case main body 5 formed in a tubular shape and having an inside serving as a housing space 10 in which the battery cell and the external connector are housed. The external connector is fixed to the battery case. The electrode terminals and the external connector are disposed at one opening end portion 18A of the case main body. The electrode terminals and the external connector are positioned to be offset from each other in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the case main body.

Abstract: A blow molding device of the invention includes a pair of blow cavity split molds (50A, 50B), a chuck member (80) that chucks a mouth portion (20) and conveys a preform (10A), a blow core mold (70) that includes a tubular portion (71) which surrounds circumferences of the mouth portion and a flange (25) and introduces blow air into the preform, and a pair of projecting members (60A, 60B) which have a halved ring shape and are provided detachably on each upper surface of the pair of blow cavity split molds. Each of the pair of projecting members includes an airtight sealing portion (61) which is in contact with a lower end face of the tubular portion of the blow core mold, and a positioning portion (62) which positions the flange of the preform.

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack that, even in a case in which a metal plate and an electrode terminal are made of different metals, can increase reliability of the connection strength by welding them and can be configured at a low cost. A battery pack 1 includes adjacent battery cells 2 having positive and negative electrode terminals connected each other by a metal, plate 3, and a dissimilar material bonding plate 4 having a terminal insertion hole 43 is disposed above a terminal connection hole 32, which is a long hole or a loose hole, into which an electrode terminal 24 composed of a different kind of metal from the metal plate 3.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a cell stack which is constituted by stacking a plurality of cells, and includes a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, a fourth surface, a fifth surface, and a sixth surface; a pair of end plates which are disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the cell stack; and a pair of connection frames which connect the pair of end plates. The pair of end plates each includes: a plurality of column portions; a plurality of beam portions; and hollow portions formed by the column portions and the beam portions. The pair of the end plates each has a uniform width in a stacking direction. In at least one beam portion of the plurality of beam portions, a width of a central portion is greater than a width of both end portions.

Abstract: A power storage module includes: a plurality of battery cells that are stacked in one direction; and a battery case that houses the plurality of battery cells. The battery case includes: a case main body which is formed in a tubular shape having an axial direction that is a first orthogonal direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells, and of which an inside is a housing space that houses the plurality of battery cells; and a plurality of partition walls which are connected to an inner surface of the case main body, which are arranged to be spaced from each other in the stacking direction, and which partition the housing space into a plurality of division spaces that are arranged in the stacking direction. Lengths of the division spaces in the stacking direction become smaller toward a middle from an end of the housing space in the stacking direction.

Abstract: A power storage module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked in one direction; and a battery case which houses the plurality of battery cells. The battery case includes: a case body which is formed in a tubular shape having a first orthogonal direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells as an axial direction of the case body, and of which an inside is a housing space that houses the plurality of battery cells; and a plurality of cooling fins which protrude from an outer surface of the case body and are arranged to be spaced apart in the stacking direction. Protruding heights of the cooling fins become higher moving toward a center from both ends of the case body in the stacking direction.

Abstract: The electricity storage module is an electricity storage module in which a plurality of electricity storage cells is accommodated in a cell accommodating body. Inside the cell accommodating body, a plurality of cell accommodating spaces having parallel wall surfaces is arranged in a straight line in an aligning direction of the parallel wall surfaces. In the cell accommodating space, a sheet-like pressing member which gives pressing forces to the electricity storage cells toward the wall surfaces and is accommodated together with the electricity storage cells, and the electricity storage cells is disposed between the pressing member and the wall surfaces.

Abstract: Provided are a charge/discharge control circuit capable of using an FET having a low withstand voltage. The charge/discharge control circuit is configured to control charging and discharging of a secondary cell, and includes: a positive power supply terminal and a negative power supply terminal for monitoring a voltage of the secondary cell; a charge control terminal configured to connect to a gate of a charge control FET, the charge control FET having one end connected to an external negative terminal to which a negative electrode of a load or a charger is connected; and a clamp circuit configured to clamp a signal at a high level for turning on the charge control FET to a voltage that is higher than a reference voltage by a predetermined voltage, the reference voltage being a voltage at the external negative terminal, the signal being output to the charge control terminal.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a cell stack body; a pair of end plates disposed on a front surface and a rear surface of the cell stack body; and a fastening frame connecting the pair of end plates. The fastening frame includes; a pair of side frames disposed on the right surface and the left surface of the cell stack body. The pair of side frames each includes: a side frame body; a front turn-around portion that turn around the front surface of the cell stack body; and a rear turn-around portion that turn around the rear surface of the side frame body. The front turn-around portion and the rear turn-around portion each has a width in a front-rear direction larger than a width in a left-right direction of the side frame body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal alkoxide compound represented by the following general formula (1): (in the formula, R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 represents an alkyl group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, M represents a scandium atom, an yttrium atom, a lanthanum atom, a cerium atom, a praseodymium atom, a neodymium atom, a promethium atom, a samarium atom, a europium atom, a gadolinium atom, a terbium atom, a dysprosium atom, a holmium atom, an erbium atom, a thulium atom, an ytterbium atom, or a lutetium atom, and n represents the valence represented by M.

Abstract: The present invention provides a metal alkoxide compound represented by the following general formula (1), a thin-film-forming raw material containing the same, and a thin film production method of forming a metal-containing thin film using the raw material:

Abstract: A battery module includes: a cell stack body that is constituted by a plurality of cells stacked in a front-rear direction and comprises a front surface, a rear surface, a left surface, a right surface, an upper surface, and a lower surface; a pair of end plates that are disposed on the front surface and the rear surface of the cell stack body; and a pair of side frames disposed on the right surface and the left surface of the cell stack body. An end of the end plate and an end of the side frame have an overlapping portion in which the end of the end plate and the end of the side frame overlap with each other when viewed from an up-down direction. The overlapping portion has a through hole passing through in the up-down direction. A connection shaft is inserted into the through hole.

Abstract: The electricity storage cell is an electricity storage cell in which battery elements are accommodated inside a cell can and an opening portion on the top of the cell can is sealed by an opening sealing body; inside the cell can, there is an expansion force absorber which is capable of absorbing expansion force of the battery elements by receiving expansion of the battery elements and compressing; the battery elements are disposed between the expansion force absorber and an inner wall surface of the cell can; and the expansion force absorber has a height corresponding to the height of the battery elements, and has a lower rigidity on the opening sealing body side than in a central portion of the height direction of the cell can, or has a smaller thickness on the opening sealing body side than in the central portion of the height direction of the cell can.

Abstract: During running of an electric vehicle, a battery temperature control section performs preliminary temperature adjustment processing so that a temperature of the battery at a point of time of arrival at a reachable charging station is within a suitable charging temperature range. When the preliminary temperature adjustment processing is performed, a running control section performs processing for maintaining a remaining capacity securing condition that an estimated remaining capacity is equal to or exceeds a remaining capacity criterion value, the estimated remaining capacity resulting from subtraction of an estimated running electricity amount and an estimated temperature control electricity amount from a remaining capacity of the battery at a current point of time.

Abstract: A battery pack 10 includes a battery module 1, and a battery case 30 that houses the battery module 1. The battery module 1 includes a cell stack 2 configured by stacking a plurality of cells 21, a pair of end plates 3 provided at both end portions of the cell stack 2 in a stacking direction, and a bottom plate 6 on which the cell stack 2 and the pair of end plates 3 are mounted. Plate fixing portions 62 of the bottom plate 6 of the battery module 1 are fixed to a bottom portion 31 of the battery case 30, and the plate fixing portions 62 are disposed in a region of the cell stack 2 and the end plates 3.

Abstract: A battery pack 10 includes a battery module 1 and a cooling mechanism 40 configured to cool the battery module. The battery module 1 includes a cell stack 2 formed by stacking a plurality of cells 21, and a bottom plate 6 on which the cell stack 2 is mounted. The cooling mechanism 40 is a refrigerant flow path 41 configured to be passed through by a liquid medium W, and the bottom plate 6 constitutes at least a part of the refrigerant flow path 41. The battery pack is capable of efficiently cooling a battery module while preventing increase in a number of components.

Abstract: Provided is a battery monitoring system that has a high level of safety even under a state in which characteristics of a reference voltage circuit are deteriorated. The battery monitoring system has a configuration in which: a reference voltage of a first battery monitoring IC is monitored by a second battery monitoring IC; and the second battery monitoring IC outputs, when detecting that the reference voltage reaches a value falling outside a predetermined range, a signal indicating an abnormality of the reference voltage to the first battery monitoring IC, and the first battery monitoring IC stops monitoring of a battery when the signal indicating the abnormality of the reference voltage is input to the first battery monitoring IC.

Abstract: A preform has a flange that protrudes outward at a neck, and is supplied in an inverted state. A preform handling device includes a star wheel that is configured so that the preform is supplied to each of a plurality of depressions that are formed in an outer circumferential part of a wheel, and pushes the preform to rotationally transfer the preform from an upstream region to a downstream region, an end face guide member that is provided in the upstream region so as to be situated under the preform and that support and guide an open end face of the preform, and a pair of flange guide members that are provided in the downstream region and that support and guide a lower side of the flange of the preform.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery structure. In a battery structure, a plurality of electrode bodies respectively having positive electrode current collecting parts and negative electrode current collecting parts are received in one conductive container. The negative electrode current collecting part of the first electrode body among the plurality of electrode bodies and the positive electrode current collecting part of the second electrode body among the plurality of electrode bodies are electrically connected to the container, such that the first electrode body and the second electrode body are connected in series.

Abstract: The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells arranged therein. The battery cells are housed in an enclosing member, which is open on upper and lower sides, to be surrounded by the enclosing member. The battery cell stores an electrode body formed by winding a collector foil inside a cell case, which has long side walls and short side walls. The battery cell has a space between a corner where the long side wall and the short side wall intersect each other and the electrode body. The cell case has a recess partially depressed toward the space at the corner. A resin molded part molded of a resin is provided between the battery cells and the enclosing member and between the adjacent battery cells. The resin of the resin molded part enters the recess.