BATTERY PACK, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING STORAGE STATUS OF SECONDARY BATTERY IN BATTERY PACK

A battery pack capable of preventing an altered battery pack from being manufactured by a simple structure and a simple construction and a method of inspecting a storage state of a secondary battery in the battery pack are provided. In the method of inspecting a storage state of a secondary battery in the battery pack, the battery pack includes (A) a plurality of secondary batteries 20 and (B) a housing 40, the housing having a plurality of storage sections 41 and containing the secondary batteries 20 in the respective storage sections 41; a conductive member 30 is attached to an outer surface of each of the secondary batteries 20 made of a non-conductive material; each of the storage sections 41 is provided with at least two detection sections 42; and depending on a storage state of each of the secondary batteries 20 in each of the storage sections 41, two detection sections 42 are in contact with the conductive member, or at least one detection section is not in contact with the conductive member. In the method of inspecting a storage state of a secondary battery in the battery pack, a conduction/non-conduction state between the detection sections in each of the secondary batteries 20 is examined, an examined result is compared to a previously found conduction/non-conduction initial value, and in the case of mismatch thereof, the conduction/non-conduction initial value is changed.