Abstract: A battery module and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The battery module includes a case providing an internal space, a plurality of battery cells disposed in the internal space of the case, and at least one cooling unit interposed between the battery cells to be in surface contact with the battery cells and dissipating heat generated by the battery cells externally.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a protective pressure plate and a battery module. The protective pressure plate comprises a pressure plate body having a strip-like shape. The pressure plate body includes an upper surface and a lower surface that are opposed in a thickness direction of the pressure plate body and two side surfaces that are opposed in a width direction of the pressure plate body. At least one portion of each of the side surfaces is recessed toward a center line of the pressure plate body to form a protective recess. The upper surface of the pressure plate body has a maximum width greater than a maximum width of the lower surface. The protective pressure plate according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can be used to fix the circuit board and protect the bonding wires, thereby improving the use safety and stability of the battery module.

Abstract: A temperature-control arrangement has an electrical energy store, a thermal device, a cooling device and a coolant circuit with coolant lines, which coolant lines are at least partially activatable and deactivatable by means of controllable valves. The temperature-control arrangement is designed to permit at least a first state and a second state of the coolant circuit through actuation of the controllable valves, wherein the coolant circuit is designed to, in the first state, permit a coolant flow from the cooling device both to the thermal device and to the electrical energy store, and from these back to the cooling device, in order to cool the thermal device and the electrical energy store, and wherein the coolant circuit is designed to, in the second state, permit a coolant flow from the thermal device to the electrical energy store, and from the latter back to the thermal device, in order to heat the electrical energy store.

Abstract: A battery module assembly, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a battery module including a base substrate and at least one battery cell, wherein a plurality of unit battery modules formed to surround a cell cover are stacked on the base substrate; and a battery case which is coupled to the base substrate, and which includes a first case surrounding the front surface of the battery module and a second case combined with the first case and surrounding a rear surface of the battery module. The present invention can effectively provide coupling reliability with an inner sensing membrane which is coupled to the battery module, and can seal the inside of the battery case by tightly combining the first case and the second case in a lateral direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of a plurality of electrochemical elements (1), in which the electrochemical elements comprise a container (5) having a side wall, said assembly being characterized in that at least one portion of the side wall of at least one of the containers is in contact with a partition obtained by means of an additive manufacturing method, and is produced by superposing at least two strips (4) of a structural material.

Abstract: A low temperature (e.g., lower than 0° C.) or a high temperature (e.g., higher than 50° C.) can degrade battery performance, especially within lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries, and even accelerate the capacity fading. To ensure a long term and safe operation of Li-ion batteries, the battery thermal management (BTM) system becomes a crucial part to control the temperature of each discrete battery or every battery within a battery pack. Within the prior art a phase change material (PCM) has been employed combined with a graphite matrix. However, the graphite lowers the latent heat of entire BTM system and increases the manufacturing cost. Embodiments of the invention provide sealed mandrels or elements which immobilize the PCM without impacting the latent heat of the entire BTM system and increasing manufacturing costs.

Abstract: A power storage system includes a plurality of power storage modules each including a plurality of cells that is layered perpendicularly to an installation plane and is electrically connected dries. The plurality of power storage modules is mounted on a frame. A plurality of conductive trays is aligned horizontally between the frame and the plurality of power storage modules and horizontally divides the plurality of power storage modules into a plurality of groups.

Abstract: This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles or other electrified components. An exemplary battery pack may include a heat exchanger plate assembly having a metallic plate and a polymeric plate that are joined together to establish a coolant circuit therebetween. The metallic plate or the polymeric plate may include a protrusion that extends through an opening of the other of the metallic plate or the polymeric plate. The protrusion may either be crimped or heat staked to a surface surrounding the opening in order to join together the metallic plate and the polymeric plate of the heat exchanger plate assembly.

Abstract: Vehicle having a high-voltage battery which has a housing, wherein the housing has a housing floor which is essentially parallel to an underlying surface on which the vehicle is standing or travelling, a housing cover which is arranged spaced apart from the housing floor, housing walls via which the housing floor is connected to the housing cover. The housing has at least one housing structure plate which has a plane of maximum size which is perpendicular with respect to the housing floor and with respect to the housing cover, and an underside which faces the housing floor or is connected thereto, and an upper side which faces the housing cover or is connected thereto.

Abstract: A battery and battery thermal arrangement are provided. The battery comprises one or more battery blocks and a thermal insert configured adjacent to a first battery block or between two battery blocks, including the first battery block and a second battery block, the thermal insert comprising a channel for allowing a thermal medium flowing through the thermal insert, the thermal insert being in physical contact with at least a part of a side of the first battery block when filled with the thermal medium, the thermal insert further comprising an inlet and an outlet connectable to a circulation device for pumping the thermal medium through the thermal insert.

Abstract: Provided is a battery module, and more particularly, a battery module capable of improving cooling efficiency of battery cells and uniformly cooling the battery cells by reducing a contact resistance between a cooling fin and a heat sink, by allowing the cooling fin to be coupled and fixed to the heat sink so that the cooling fin which is in contact with the battery cell to conduct heat is in close contact with the heat sink for radiating the heat.

Abstract: A system for vehicle component cooling includes a main body defining a passenger compartment to support passengers of the vehicle. The system also includes a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit to output conditioned air into the passenger compartment. The system also includes a vehicle component to generate heat and having a component temperature. The system also includes a cooling channel having an inlet located in the passenger compartment and an outlet to output the conditioned air from the passenger compartment towards the vehicle component. The system also includes at least one sensor to detect data corresponding to the component temperature of the vehicle component. The system also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) to control the HVAC unit to increase or decrease a cabin temperature to adjust the component temperature based on the detected data.

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: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a battery cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other along a vertical direction, a heatsink configured to cover one side of the battery cell assembly, and a pair of cooling plates connected to the heatsink to cover both side surfaces of the battery cell assembly, respectively, the pair of cooling plates having a coolant channel formed along a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells.

Abstract: Discussed is an air-cooling battery module, which includes a cell assembly having a plurality of cells and a cooling member having a duct disposed to contact an edge portion of the cell assembly and having an air passage formed therein so that a cooling air moves therethrough, wherein the inside of the duct has a truss structure.

Abstract: A battery module with thermal dissipation and thermal runaway prevention is provided, including at least one battery and a fireproof thermal insulation layer. The at least one battery may include a plurality of battery cells electrically connected through conductors. The fireproof thermal insulation layer includes a plurality of battery holes for disposing the battery cells therein and a plurality of air holes vertically penetrating the fireproof thermal insulation layer. A side of each of the battery cells is sleeved in the fireproof thermal insulation layer, and the plurality of air holes are provided between adjacent ones of the plurality of battery holes. The fireproof thermal insulation layer has a heat transfer coefficient that decreases with an increase in the temperature of the fireproof thermal insulation layer.

Abstract: Systems and methods that provide improved cooling for batteries are disclosed. A battery system according to the present disclosure may include a cooling plate, one or more battery cells coupled to one surface of the cooling plate, and one or more battery cells coupled to the opposite surface of the cooling plate. The cooling plate and corresponding batteries may be included in a battery module, and multiple battery modules electrically connected may make up a battery pack. The cooling plates may comprise channels for cooling fluid, which may be provided to the plates in parallel from a cooling fluid source. Cooling the battery cells at the ends of the cells, where they are coupled to the cooling plate, may advantageously provide one or more of improved energy density, thermal management, and safety.

Abstract: A battery module may include a plurality of sub-modules arranged in a single direction, a cooling unit contacting one sides of the plurality of sub-modules to cool the plurality of sub-modules, and a heating unit contacting other sides opposing the one sides of the plurality of sub-modules to heat the plurality of sub-modules.

Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for battery pack thermal management, such as heating and cooling of individual batteries arranged into battery packs. The methods and systems use thermal control modules, specifically configured to thermally couple to the side wall and the bottom end of each battery in a battery pack. In some examples, a thermal control module comprises a thermal plate and one or two battery engagement components, connected and thermally coupled to the thermal plate. Each battery engagement component comprises a plurality of battery receiving openings.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an expansion component (e.g., expanding foam element, inflatable pad, a pneumatic or hydraulic mechanism, etc.) is arranged inside of a battery module compartment (e.g., on a bottom interior surface of the battery module compartment). A battery module is inserted into the battery module component and is fixated, or secured, within the battery module compartment at least in part based upon the expanding component which starts to expand or continues to expand after the insertion. In a further embodiment, the battery module may be removed from the battery module compartment after a contraction function (e.g., collapse of the foam element, deflation of the inflatable pad, etc.) of the expansion component is initiated.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a secondary battery module. A secondary battery module includes a plurality of battery cells; and a first frame configured to accommodate and cool the plurality of battery cells, wherein the first frame includes: a housing configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells; and at least one cooling plate coupled to one surface of the housing, interposed between groups of one or more battery cells among the plurality of battery cells disposed in the housing, and configured to fix the plurality of battery cells and dissipate heat generated from the plurality of battery cells.

Abstract: A method for fixing battery cells includes positioning each battery cell in a respective opening of a cell fixture; inserting a first side of each battery cell into a respective opening of a first cell carrier; inserting a second side, opposite to the first side, of each battery cell into a respective opening of a second cell carrier, such that the cell fixture is positioned between the first and second cell carriers; and pressing the first and second cell carriers together to compress the cell fixture.

Abstract: A composite sheet includes a thermally-conductive sheet, a first insulating sheet that covers one surface of the thermally-conductive sheet, and a second insulating sheet that covers another surface of the thermally-conductive sheet, and seals the thermally-conductive sheet between the first and second insulating sheets. The thermally-conductive sheet has a first through hole provided therein. The composite sheet has an insulating lamination portion at which the first insulating sheet is stacked on the second insulating sheet to seal an inner wall surface of the first through hole. The insulating lamination portion has a second through hole provided inside the first through hole and having a hole diameter which is smaller than a hole diameter of the first through hole.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a battery cell assembly having at least one battery cell; a pack casing having an input port and an output port provided at one side thereof so that a coolant flows in and out to cool the battery cell, the pack casing accommodating the battery cell assembly to fix and support the battery cell assembly; and a coolant supply and circulation unit connected to communicate with the input port and the output port to supply and circulate the coolant into the pack casing so that each battery cell is cooled in contact with the coolant.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including unit modules, each unit module comprising unit cells loaded in a cartridge the unit cells being electrically connected to each other via a bus bar, the battery module assembly including two or more sub modules arranged in a lateral direction to each other, each sub module having an external input terminal and an external output terminal, a base plate on which the sub modules are loaded, side cover plates mounted at sides of the sub modules, an upper cover plate loaded on tops of the sub modules, the upper cover plate being fastened and coupled to the sub modules and the side cover plates, a front cover plate mounted at a front of the battery module assembly at which the external input and output terminals of the sub modules are located, the front cover plate being fastened and coupled to the sub modules, the base plate, and the side cover plates, a main bus bar for fixing front ends of the sub modules to each other and connecting the external input and o

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat plate type cooling plate for a secondary battery, which includes a plurality of cooling parts spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction within the cooling plate and a plurality of reinforcement ribs disposed on inner surfaces of the cooling parts. The cooling plate for the secondary battery according to the present invention may be minimized in deformation due to an external impact and stimulation when the cell module is penetrated and thus reduce an influence on unit cells due to the deformation of the cooling plate to suppress an occurrence of short-circuit in the unit cells of the cell module, thereby improving safety of the battery. Also, heat generated during charging and discharging may be effectively released to prevent the battery from being deteriorated in capacity characteristic and improve lifespan characteristics of the battery and reliability of battery performance.

Abstract: Lithium tetrafluoro(malonato)phosphate compounds are useful as additives in lithium ion battery applications. The compounds are represented by Formula (I): MPF4[—O(C?O)—(CX?X?)—(C?O)O—]; wherein M is Li or Na; each X? and X? independently is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, fluoro-substituted alkyl, and F; or wherein the X? and X? together are —CR2—(CR?2)m—CR?2—; each R, R? and R? independently is selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, trifluoromethyl, and F; and m is 0 or 1. These compounds can be prepared in high purity and a high yield by reaction of a metal hexafluorophosphate with a bis-silyl malonate compound. A similar oxalato compound, lithium tetrafluoro(oxalato)phosphate), can be made in the same manner, but using a bis-silyl oxalate in place of the bis-silyl malonate. Advantageously, the compounds can be formed, in situ, in a LiPF6-containing electrolyte solution.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module having a simple structure and allowing reduction in weight and size to be facilitated and manufacturing costs to be reduced while securing an efficient cooling capability. The battery module includes: a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries, which each include an electrode assembly, an electrolyte, and a pouch exterior and are arranged in a left-and-right direction while standing in an up-and-down direction; and a cooling plate including a thermally conductive material, arranged under the plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries to lie in a horizontal direction, and having an upper surface to which lower portions of the secondary batteries are attached and fixed.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module housing having an accommodation portion formed therein to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cell; and a heat pipe having an outer wall to form a sealed tube structure. The tube structure includes a coolant therein, and the heat pipe includes a wick located to surround an inner wall of the tube structure and having a plurality of micropores formed therein. The heat pipe extends in a horizontal direction along the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The heat pipe has a plate shape and stands so that both surfaces thereof are oriented in a horizontal direction. The battery module has improved heat balance.

Abstract: A subunit of a battery module (2), comprising a first receiving element (3) and a second receiving element (4) which are connected to each other, forming at least one first receiving space (7) and at least one second receiving space (8), wherein the first receiving space (7) and the second receiving space (8) are separated from each other, and at least one battery cell stack (5) or at least one battery cell (6) is arranged in the first receiving space (7), and the second receiving space (8) is configured for receiving a temperature-control fluid (9).

Abstract: A battery array frame according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame body, and a thermal fin including a body embedded in the frame body and a leg that extends outside of the frame body. The thermal fin is flexible between a first position in which the leg is spaced farther from a surface of the frame body and a second position in which the leg is spaced closer to the surface of the frame body.

Abstract: A battery enclosure shaped and sized to accept and surround a battery includes an outer case defining an aperture and having a base forming a bottom of the battery enclosure, the case having a first wall connected to a second wall, the second wall connected to a third wall, and a fourth wall portion connected to the first and third walls, each of the first, second, third, and fourth walls extending orthogonally from the base. The battery enclosure including a separable outer lid shaped to fit around the aperture of the case. The outer case and the outer lid having a material having thermal conductivity of less than about 0.3 W/mK, the battery enclosure has an air inlet selectively providing airflow to the battery enclosure and an air outlet selectively providing airflow from the battery enclosure, the outer case has a first thickness, the outer lid portion has a second thickness.

Abstract: Provided are systems for vehicle energy storage having parallel cooling comprising a plurality of modules. Each module may comprise two half modules coupled together. Each half module can include a plurality of battery cells. A current carrier of each half module may be electrically coupled to the cells. The cells may be disposed between the current carrier and a plate. Each half module can have the cells, current carrier, and blast plate disposed in an enclosure. The enclosure can have a coolant sub-system for circulating coolant in parallel to the plurality of cells such that each of the battery cells is at approximately the same predetermined temperature. The modules may be disposed in a tray. A coolant system may be provided for circulating coolant across the plurality of modules in parallel such that each of the modules can be maintained at approximately the same predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A battery charger and a method of operating a battery charger. The charger may include a housing defining an air inlet and an air outlet; a charging circuit operable to output a charging current to charge a battery couplable to the battery charger; a tubular heat sink; and a fan operable to cause air flow from the air inlet to the air outlet and along the heat sink. The charger may include a first switch operable to electrically connect the charging circuit to a power source when the battery engages the charger; and a second switch operable to electrically connect the charging circuit to a battery terminal after the charger terminal is electrically connected to the battery terminal. The charging current or a fan speed may be adjusted based on at least one of the temperature of the charger or a temperature of the battery.

Abstract: An exemplary method includes, among other things, providing first and second blanks that are nominally identical and that include an array of raised features. The method further includes removing a first combination of individual raised features from the first blank to provide a first battery component with a first flow path, and removing a different, second combination of individual raised features from the second blank to provide a second battery component with a different, second flow path. An exemplary battery assembly includes, among other things, a blank having a plurality of ribs extending from a floor. The blank is configured such that a first combination of the ribs are removable from the blank to provide a first battery component having first flow path, and a different, second combination of the ribs are removable from the blank to provide a second battery component having a different, second flow path.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a frame and a battery module. The frame is composed of a peripheral wall, the peripheral wall encloses to form a receiving cavity closed in a circumferential direction and opened at two ends in an axial direction, the peripheral wall is provided with at least one adhesive injection hole passing through the peripheral wall. The battery module comprises a plurality of secondary batteries arranged side by side, the frame and an adhesive. The secondary batteries are received in the receiving cavity. The adhesive comprises: a first part which adheres every two adjacent secondary batteries; a second part which adheres two secondary batteries positioned at outermost sides of the plurality of secondary batteries in an arrangement direction with the peripheral wall; a third part which adheres a lower side of the first part and a lower side of the second part with the peripheral wall.

Abstract: A battery system is provided. The system includes a channel plate of which one side surface is contacted with a battery module and includes a cooling channel therein in which refrigerant circulates to cool the battery module. A first end plate supplies the refrigerant transmitted from the outside through an inflow port to the channel plate and transmits the refrigerant passing through the channel plate to the outside through an outflow port and is coupled to the channel plate to form a space surrounding the battery module. A second end plate is coupled to the channel plate opposite the first end plate to form the space surrounding the battery module. A cover plate is coupled to the first end plate and the second end plate opposite the channel plate to form the space surrounding the battery module.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for a battery unit having at least a first battery module and a second battery module is disclosed wherein the first and second battery modules each include a plurality of battery cell containers each housing at least one battery cell. The first and second battery modules are spaced apart from each other with the heat exchanger being arranged between the spaced apart first and second battery modules. The heat exchanger is a laminated plate structure defining a plurality of fluid flow chambers each located within a respective fluid flow region for transmitting a heat exchanger fluid. Each of the fluid flow regions is dimensionally compliant independent of the other fluid flow regions to conform to the spacing of the respective battery cell containers in the first and second modules between which the specific fluid flow region is positioned when arranged between the first and second battery modules.

Abstract: A battery pack includes: battery modules; a cooling pipe connected to the battery modules; and one or more cooling units connected to the cooling pipe and configured to absorb heat from cooling liquid flowing inside the cooling pipe, wherein the battery modules and the one or more cooling units are disposed to alternate with respect to each other.

Abstract: A battery cell (2) with a film cover (4) for electrochemically active material, wherein the film cover (4) is present substantially in a prismatic shape, and therefore the film cover (4) can be assigned two mutually opposite main surfaces (6a, b), and with current collectors (10a, b) which electrically contact the electrochemically active material and serve for the interconnection of the battery cell (2). At least one current collector (10a, b) has a flat element (12a, b) which substantially covers a main surface (6a, b) of the film cover (4) and has a connection region for connection to a cooling device, or is provided with cooling ducts.

Abstract: Fluid cooled electric vehicle battery systems are disclosed. Systems can include an integrated coolant manifold and bus bar configured to carry coolant and electrical current along a common or coaxial path. An integrated coolant manifold and bus bar can include a conductive layer surrounding a coolant flow path and/or a conductor disposed within a coolant flow path. Integrated coolant manifold and bus bar structures may improve efficient use of battery space by reducing the number of battery components and by allowing reduced bus bar size due to fluid cooling of the bus bar.

Abstract: A battery system having a hose made from an elastic material. The hose is designed to be fitted on a hose connection by pushing a hose endpiece of the hose over the hose connection. The hose endpiece is designed to be fastened on the hose connection by a hose clip that is arranged in a fitting region of the hose endpiece. The hose endpiece has at least one thickened area which protrudes from the outer side of the hose. The thickened area protrudes from the outer side of the hose to such an extent that a hose clip suitable for fastening the hose on the hose connection is held on the hose endpiece by the thickened area with respect to the influence of gravity in the longitudinal direction of the hose endpiece. The hose may have multiple branch-off points.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which may effectively prevent a bending phenomenon caused by a load while ensuring excellent assembling and compatibility and light weight, and a vehicle including the battery pack. The battery pack includes: a plurality of battery modules including at least one secondary battery accommodated in a module case and a side surface coupling unit provided at an outer side portion of the module case, the plurality of battery modules being arranged in a lateral direction so that side surfaces thereof face each other with intervals therebetween; and a fixing member having an interposing portion interposed between side surfaces of two adjacent battery modules and coupled to the side surface coupling units of the two adjacent battery modules so that two or more battery modules are coupled and fixed.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a single-cell battery, a battery module, a power battery, and an electric vehicle. The single-cell battery includes a case, a battery cell accommodated in the case, an electrode terminal electrically connected to the battery cell, and a cover plate for sealing the case. The electrode terminal is disposed on the cover plate. The electrode terminal includes a battery post passing through the cover plate and electrically connected to the battery cell with an internal guide member. The single-cell battery further includes a current interruption device mounted on the battery post. The current interruption device includes a flipping member in communication with gas inside the case. The flipping member is connected to an outer end surface of the battery post with a connection point. The connection point is configured to be disconnected under action of air pressure.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a cell assembly including: a plurality of cells arranged at predetermined intervals; and a cushion pad disposed between the cells to be in surface contact with the cells and configured to absorb volumetric expansion of the cells, wherein the cushion pad has a thermal conductivity of 1.5 W/mK or higher.

Abstract: Systems and methods are discussed herein for cooling a surgical handset using a phase-change material. A container filled with a phase-change material may be telescoped over a heat-generating mechanism of a surgical handset, such as a battery and/or a motor. When the surgical handset is activated, the heat generated by the heat-generating mechanism is absorbed by the phase-change material in the container, which transitions from a first phase to a second phase.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a heat dissipating structure, an array frame positioned against the heat dissipating structure, and a battery cell retained by the array frame and arranged so at least one surface of the battery cell is exposed by the array frame and is contiguous with the heat dissipating structure. The heat dissipating structure may be a heat exchanger plate or a thermal interface material (TIM).

Abstract: Embodiments of encapsulated battery packs, control circuitry, and their methods of manufacture are described. In one such embodiment, a battery pack includes a plurality of electrochemical pouch cells and an elastomeric encapsulant that forms at least one external surface of the battery pack. In another embodiment, a battery pack includes a plurality of electrochemical pouch cells with a portion of an encapsulant disposed between the electrochemical pouch cells and the outer housing. In yet another embodiment, a method of controlling an operation of a system includes using a current threshold of one or more electrochemical cells determined at least in part on at least one of a temperature and a state of charge of the one or more electrochemical cells.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery module, which comprises battery units and two side plates. Each battery unit comprises: at least one pouch-type secondary battery; and a fixture securely mounting the at least one pouch-type secondary battery. The two side plates are respectively positioned at two ends of the battery units in a length direction. A first engaging portion is formed between the fixtures of every two adjacent battery units at each end in the length direction. Each side plate has second engaging portions, each second engaging portion is engaged with the corresponding first engaging portion to securely connect each side plate and the every two adjacent battery units, therefore the force of each battery unit received when the battery module is impacted or vibrated is effectively and uniformly dispersed and transferred to the side plates, which improves the structural strength and reliability of the battery module.

Abstract: A power storage module includes: multiple power storage elements that each include a pair of electrode terminals and an electrode arrangement surface; and a battery connection module that is mounted on the multiple power storage elements. The battery connection module includes an insulating protector that is provided in correspondence with a predetermined number of power storage elements. The insulating protector includes: a first position portion that engages with a first positioned portion provided between the pair of electrode terminals on the electrode arrangement surface of one power storage element; and a second positioning portion that engages with the second positioned portion provided in the periphery of at least one of the pair of electrode portions on the electrode arrangement surface of the one electrode terminal or on the electrode arrangement surface of the one other electrode terminal.