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Battery pack case having cooling air flow path

A battery pack case includes a metal housing assembly accommodating, from one side in a second direction, battery cells stacked in a first direction perpendicularly intersecting the second direction, the assembly supporting a restoring force of the battery cells; and a resin flow path forming member, integral with the assembly and disposed at another side of the battery cells, and configuring a cooling air flow path. The assembly includes a first component including a pair of first side wall parts support the battery cells in a third direction perpendicularly intersecting the first and second directions, and a support wall part supporting the battery cells from the other side in the second direction; and a pair of second components, including a second side wall part supporting the battery cells in the first direction, and a pair of third side wall parts provided continuously with the second side wall part.

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Brief

Patent brief

Problem

How can battery fires and thermal runaway in EV packs be prevented?

Novelty

The assembly includes a first component including a pair of first side wall parts support the battery cells in a third d...

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Assignee

TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Published

Mar 10, 2026

Inventors

Shintaro Utsumi, Isao Takahashi, Kenichi Kohashi, Tomohiro Segawa, Shunsuke Takahashi, Koichi Ueno, Shunsuke Nagata, Tatsuhiko Adachi, Hitoshi Nada, Hiroki Ohtsubo

Domain

Mobility / storage

Plain-English summary

Problem

How can battery fires and thermal runaway in EV packs be prevented?

Solution

battery pack case includes a metal housing assembly accommodating, from one side in a second direction, battery cells stacked in a first direction perpendicularly intersecting the second direction, the assembly supporting a restoring force of the battery cells; and a resin flow path forming member, integral with the assembly and disposed at another side of the battery cells, and configuring a cooling air flow path.

Key novelty

The assembly includes a first component including a pair of first side wall parts support the battery cells in a third direction perpendicularly intersecting the first and second directions, and a support wall part supporting the battery cells from the other side in the second direction; and a pair of second components, including a second side wall part supporting the battery cells in the first direction, and a pair of third side wall parts provided continuously with the second side wall part.

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