Battery pack and rechargeable vacuum cleaner
First Claim
1. A battery pack comprising an outer case, and a plurality of cylindrical lithium ion secondary batteries accommodated in the outer case in vertical N rows and lateral M rows (N rows≦
- M rows), with a gap between the secondary batteries, wherein the outer case has a draft port opened in a first wall facing an outer circumferential surface of the secondary batteries in the first vertical row, and an exhaust port opened in a second wall positioned at the opposite side of the first wall, in each secondary battery in the first vertical row and the second vertical row, a part of the outer circumferential surface, which is at a shorter distance from the first wall than any other parts, faces the draft port of the outer case.
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Abstract
The invention provides a battery pack comprising an outer case, and a plurality of cylindrical lithium ion secondary batteries accommodated in the outer case in vertical N rows and lateral M rows (N rows≦M rows), with a gap between the secondary batteries, wherein the outer case has a draft port opened in a first wall facing an outer circumferential surface of the secondary batteries in the first vertical row, and an exhaust port opened in a second wall positioned at the opposite side of the first wall, in each secondary battery in the first vertical row and the second vertical row, a part of the outer circumferential surface, which is at a shorter distance from the first wall than any other parts, faces the draft port of the outer case.
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1. A battery pack comprising an outer case, and a plurality of cylindrical lithium ion secondary batteries accommodated in the outer case in vertical N rows and lateral M rows (N rows≦
- M rows), with a gap between the secondary batteries,
wherein the outer case has a draft port opened in a first wall facing an outer circumferential surface of the secondary batteries in the first vertical row, and an exhaust port opened in a second wall positioned at the opposite side of the first wall, in each secondary battery in the first vertical row and the second vertical row, a part of the outer circumferential surface, which is at a shorter distance from the first wall than any other parts, faces the draft port of the outer case. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- M rows), with a gap between the secondary batteries,
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12. A battery pack comprising an outer case, and a battery set that includes cylindrical lithium ion secondary batteries as unit cells and is accommodated in the outer case,
wherein the unit cells are accommodated in the outer case with a longitudinal direction being parallel to a gravitational direction, in vertical N rows and lateral M rows (N rows≦ - M rows), with a gap between the unit cells,
the outer case has a draft port opened in a first wall facing an outer circumferential surface of the unit cells in the first vertical row, and an exhaust port opened in a second wall positioned at the opposite side of the first wall, in the unit cells in the first vertical row and the second vertical row, a part of the outer circumferential surface, which is at a shorter distance from the first wall than any other parts, faces the draft port of the outer case. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- M rows), with a gap between the unit cells,
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19. A rechargeable vacuum cleaner comprising a battery pack including an outer case, and a plurality of cylindrical lithium ion secondary batteries accommodated in the outer case in vertical N rows and lateral M rows (N rows≦
- M rows), with a gap between the secondary batteries,
wherein the outer case has a draft port opened in a first wall facing an outer circumferential surface of the secondary batteries in the first vertical row, and an exhaust port opened in a second wall positioned at the opposite side of the first wall, in each secondary battery in the first vertical row and the second vertical row, a part of the outer circumferential surface, which is at a shorter distance from the first wall than any other parts, faces the draft port of the outer case. - View Dependent Claims (20)
- M rows), with a gap between the secondary batteries,
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