Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells each including a metal layer and a heat seal layer, the plurality of battery cells having a laminate film in which an electrode body is accommodated and a heat seal layer in a peripheral edge portion is joined; a case in which the battery cells are accommodated in a state of being laminated in a thickness direction; and a heat conductive member provided on an inner wall of the case so as to be in contact with the metal layer exposed from the peripheral edge portion and configured to dissipate heat from the battery cells.

Abstract: A case constituting an outer shape of a second cooler disposed between the battery cells and containing a second fluid having a lower thermal conductivity than the first fluid therein is constituted by a buffer member capable of expanding and contracting in accordance with a flow rate of the second fluid in the case, and the control unit increases a flow rate of the second fluid to be supplied to the second cooler when the temperature of the battery cell is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold value than when the temperature of the battery cell is lower than the threshold value.

Abstract: A battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells; and a container containing the battery cells, wherein the container includes a housing containing the battery cells; and a plate-shaped member thermally connected to the housing and partitioning a space in which the battery cells of the housing are accommodated into a plurality of spaces, wherein the plate-shaped member includes a thermally conductive elastic body and a thermally conductive plate disposed on one or both sides of the thermally conductive elastic body.

Abstract: A parking management device includes: a data acquiring unit configured to acquire user identification data for identifying the position of a user moving in a parking lot; a movement route estimating unit configured to estimate a movement route based on the user identification data acquired by the data acquiring unit, the movement route being a route along which the user moves in the parking lot; and a running route deciding unit configured to decide a running route of a vehicle so as to avoid the movement route estimated by the movement route estimating unit, the vehicle being a vehicle running in the parking lot.

Abstract: A power storage cell includes a case, an electrode assembly, and an electrolyte solution. The case houses the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution. The case has a first bottom wall, a peripheral wall, and a second bottom wall. The second bottom wall faces the first bottom wall. The peripheral wall connects the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall. The peripheral wall includes a pair of main walls and a pair of side walls. The pair of side walls connect the pair of main walls. Each of the pair of main walls has a larger area than an area of each of the pair of side walls. A groove is formed in a surface of at least one of the pair of side walls in the case. The groove extends in a direction from the first bottom wall toward the second bottom wall.

Abstract: A temporary sealing plug is used to temporarily close an injection port of a power storage cell after injection. The temporary sealing plug includes a central portion and a peripheral edge portion. When viewed in a plan view, the peripheral edge portion surrounds the central portion. A cut extending radially from the central portion toward the peripheral edge portion is formed.

Abstract: A power storage cell includes the following configuration. The power storage cell includes a case, an electrode assembly, and an electrolyte solution. The case accommodates the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator. The separator includes a mountain-fold portion and a valley-fold portion. The mountain-fold portions and the valley-fold portions are alternately arranged in a length direction of the separator. In the mountain-fold portion, the separator is bent in a mountain-folded manner toward outside of the electrode assembly. In the valley-fold portion, the separator is bent in a valley-folded manner toward the outside of the electrode assembly. The first electrode is disposed inside the mountain-fold portion. The second electrode is disposed inside the valley-fold portion. A through hole is formed at a tip of at least one of the mountain-fold portion and the valley-fold portion.

Abstract: A case is used for accommodating an electrode assembly and an electrolyte solution of a power storage cell. The case has a rectangular parallelepiped outer shape. The case includes a first bottom wall, a peripheral wall, and a second bottom wall. The second bottom wall faces the first bottom wall. The peripheral wall connects the first bottom wall and the second bottom wall. The first bottom wall has a rectangular planar shape. The first bottom wall has a long-side direction and a short-side direction. The long-side direction is parallel to a long side of the first bottom wall. The short-side direction is parallel to a short side of the first bottom wall. The first bottom wall is provided with an injection port. The injection port has an aspect ratio of less than 1.

Abstract: A power storage cell comprises a case, an electrode assembly, an insulating film, and an electrolyte solution. The case accommodates the electrode assembly, the insulating film, and the electrolyte solution. The electrode assembly has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a peripheral surface. A liquid inlet hole is provided on a side of the case facing the upper surface. The peripheral surface connects the upper surface with the lower surface. The peripheral surface includes a first region and a second region. The first region is covered with the insulating film. The second region is not covered with the insulating film. The second region extends from the upper surface to reach the lower surface. The second region is smaller in area than the first region.

Abstract: A battery module includes a battery cell and a heat dissipation member that is in contact with a battery cell case. The battery cell includes an electrode body including plural layered structures layered one on another, each including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and the battery cell case that hermetically encloses the electrode body inside the battery cell case. The battery cell case includes at least a metal layer and a fusion resin layer disposed at the inner face side of the metal layer and has an exposed portion, at which the metal layer is exposed, at at least part of the outer face of the battery cell case. The heat dissipation member is in contact with the exposed portion.

Abstract: A battery cell includes: an electrode body including plural layered structures, each including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a battery cell case that hermetically encloses the electrode body inside the battery cell case. At least one of the current collector in the positive electrode or the current collector in the negative electrode has, on a peripheral portion of a surface thereof, an uncoated portion at which the mix is not coated. A current collector of which the distance from the surface of the battery cell case is the greatest among current collectors each having an uncoated portion has a first uncoated portion, and the first uncoated portion extends to the outside of the battery cell case, thereby forming a first exposed portion.

Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.

Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.

Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the remote operator or operation by the passenger, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.

Abstract: A seaweed recycling system includes an alginate production apparatus configured to perform processing of washing the seaweed, processing of extracting an aqueous solution containing an alginate component, processing of diluting the extracted aqueous solution, processing of separating the diluted aqueous solution from the seaweed, processing of solidifying and precipitating alginate from the aqueous solution separated from the seaweed, and processing of dehydrating the precipitated alginate, a water purification apparatus configured to perform purification processing of wastewater, a fresh water production apparatus configured to produce fresh water from one of seawater and the purified wastewater, a hydrogen production apparatus configured to produce hydrogen from one of the seawater, the fresh water produced by the fresh water production apparatus, and the purified wastewater; and a control apparatus configured to supply the purified wastewater to one of the fresh water production apparatus, the hydrogen pro

Abstract: A power storage cell comprises an electrode assembly, a cell case accommodating the electrode assembly, and an external terminal secured to an upper surface of the cell case. The external terminal has a terminal plate located above the cell case, and an insulating plate interposed between the cell case and the terminal plate. The insulating plate supports the terminal plate in such a manner that a gap is formed between the insulating plate and the terminal plate.

Abstract: A power generation support system for a vehicle in which a plurality of solar cell panels are attached to a vehicle body, the power generation support system including: a estimation unit configured to estimate an amount of power generated per unit hour by the plurality of solar cell panels when the vehicle is to be parked in a scheduled parking area so that the front of the vehicle faces a first direction and estimate an amount of power generated per unit hour by the plurality of solar cell panels when the vehicle is to be parked in the scheduled parking area so that the front of the vehicle faces a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and an output unit configured to output information about a direction in which the vehicle faces when it is to be parked in the scheduled parking area.

Abstract: A recycling support system for a production facility performing a plurality of types of recycling processing using marine plants includes a measurement unit configured to measure an amount of remaining energy used to operate the production facility, and a control unit configured to control a proportion of each of the plurality of types of recycling processing carried out in the production facility according to the amount of remaining energy used to operate the production facility measured by the measurement unit.

Abstract: A charge support system including: a detection unit configured to detect that a vehicle is scheduled to be parked for a predetermined period or longer; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a charging of a storage battery when the detection unit detects that the vehicle is scheduled to be parked for a predetermined period or longer; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the information acquired by the acquisition unit, whether or not it is necessary to keep storing electricity generated by a solar cell panel in the storage battery; and a notification unit configured to, when the determination unit determines that it is not necessary to keep storing the electricity generated by the solar cell panel in the storage battery, send a notification prompting a driver to connect a charging cable to a storage apparatus outside the vehicle.

Abstract: The information processing system includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires component data of a reusable product related to environmental contribution of the reusable product including at least the number of times of reuse of the reusable product; a selection unit that selects a candidate of the reusable product that is a replacement component candidate when the user replaces the component; a calculation unit that calculates an environmental contribution degree of the candidate of the reusable product selected by the selection unit based on the component data of the reusable product acquired by the data acquisition unit; and a presentation unit that presents, to the user, the environmental contribution degree of the candidate of the reusable product calculated by the calculation unit together with the candidate of the reusable product selected by the selection unit.