(19)
(11) EP 3 373 373 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
23.01.2019 Bulletin 2019/04

(43) Date of publication:
12.09.2018 Bulletin 2018/37

(21) Application number: 18157129.0

(22) Date of filing: 16.02.2018
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H01M 8/242(2016.01)
H01M 8/0202(2016.01)
H01M 8/1018(2016.01)
 H01M 8/2465(2016.01)
H01M 8/04537(2016.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 22.02.2017 JP 2017030685

(71) Applicants:
  • TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken 471-8571 (JP)
  • TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Kawasaki Kanagawa 213-8535 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • IMANISHI, Masahiro
    Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, 471-8571 (JP)
  • HOTTA, Daiji
    Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 213-8535 (JP)

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(54) CELL CONNECTOR UNIT


(57) A cell connector unit (1) according to an aspect of the invention is a cell connector unit configured to be connected with a cell laminate (5) of the fuel cell unit (4). The cell connector unit (1) has a plurality of cell connectors (10) that are connected with cells (6) of the cell laminate (5), and the plurality of cell connectors (10) are linked to each other so as to be in line in a lamination direction of the cells (6) in a state where the cell connector unit (1) is connected with the cell laminate (5). Among the cell connectors (10a, 10b) arranged on both ends in the lamination direction of the cells (6), a first cell connector (10a) is provided with a protrusion (11f) for recognizing the cell connector unit, and a second cell connector (10b) is not provided with the protrusion (11f), and all of the cell connectors (10) located between the cell connectors (10a, 10b) arranged on the both ends include or do not include the protrusion (11f).