Honda Battery Module Patent Granted

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Published March 24th, 2026

Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has granted Honda Motor Co., Ltd. a patent for a new battery module design. The patent, US12586836B2, details a battery module with a casing, columnar battery cells, and support columns featuring cavities and communication holes for adhesive flow. The patent was granted on March 24, 2026.

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted patent US12586836B2 to Honda Motor Co., Ltd. for a novel battery module design. The patent covers a battery module comprising a casing, multiple columnar battery cells, and specialized support columns. These support columns are designed with internal cavities and external communication holes, allowing an adhesive agent to flow and bond the columns to the battery cells, enhancing structural integrity and thermal management.

This patent grant signifies a new intellectual property asset for Honda in the field of battery technology. While patents do not impose direct compliance obligations on other entities, they can influence future product development, licensing opportunities, and potential infringement risks for competitors in the automotive and energy storage sectors. Companies developing similar battery module technologies should be aware of this granted patent and consider its implications for their own research and development or product strategies.

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Battery module

Grant US12586836B2 Kind: B2 Mar 24, 2026

Assignee

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.

Inventors

Masao Kawata, Kyosuke Miyoshi

Abstract

There is provided a battery module including: a casing; and a plurality of battery cells each having a substantially columnar shape, the battery module including a plurality of support columns each arranged along an axial direction of the battery cell, both ends of each support column in the axial direction being connected to the casing, wherein each of the support columns includes a cavity and includes, on a lateral surface of the support column, a communication hole allowing the cavity to communicate with an outside of the support column, and each of the support columns is arranged between a plurality of the battery cells and is bonded to the battery cell with an adhesive agent which the cavity is filled with and which flows out to the outside of the support column through the communication hole.