Nickel-metal hydride secondary battery module and secondary battery module manufacturing method

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PATENT NO 8785014
APP PUB NO 20090068549A1
SERIAL NO

12155901

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A nickel-metal hydride secondary battery includes: a plurality of power generating elements each having a negative plate containing hydrogen absorbing alloy; a battery case provided with partition walls and a plurality of compartments arranged adjacently on both sides of each partition wall, each of the compartments accommodating each power generating element, and the compartments allowing gas intercommunication between compartments through communication holes formed in the partition walls; and at least one of safety valves placed on the battery case, the safety valves being less in number than the number of the compartments; wherein each of the communication holes has a hole sectional area per battery module capacity in a range 0.03 to 0.30 mm2/Ah.

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PANASONIC EV ENERGY CO LTD20 OKASAKI KOSAI-SHI SHIZUOKA 431-0422

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ando, Hideki Toyohashi, JP 101 1106
Eto, Toyohiko Toyota, JP 69 1202
Hamada, Shinji Toyohashi, JP 104 1973
Ito, Shinichiro Kosai, JP 46 300
Kasahara, Hideki Ikeda, JP 27 263

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