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Electrode structure and battery device manufacturing method

Granted 20 May 2014 · 2 office actions

Current assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha · originally Toyota Motor

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Inventors: Masahide Hikosaka, Takenori Tsuchiya, Hiroki Nagai · Examiner: Jose Colucci Rios

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Abstract

An electrode is provided with a metal terminal extending from a battery module main body, a bolt which has an expanded section configuring a retaining section at a rear end portion and penetrates the metal terminal upward, and an insulating body which insulates the metal terminal and the battery module case one from the other. The insulating body is provided with a drop preventing section which abuts at least a lower surface of the expanded section of the bolt and prevents the bolt from dropping from the metal terminal.

Claims

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Classifications

7 codes
IPC · International Patent Classification
Section H — Electricity
  • H01R4/38
  • H01M2/02
USPC · US Patent Classification
429/178439/765429/181439/627429/185

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Pendency
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697 days filing → grant
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2
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Examiner
Jose Colucci Rios
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related publicationUS 20120264004 A118 Oct 2012

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