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Multi-layer contact plate configured to establish electrical bonds to battery cells in a battery module

US11996530B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AMERICAN BATTERY SOLUTIONS, INC. · US

Inventors

Heiner Fees · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Andreas Track · Sachsenheim, DE
Alexander Eichhorn · Eppingen, DE
Ralf Maisch · Abstatt, DE
Jörg Damaske · Freiberg, DE
Martin Eberhard · Woodside, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	May 28, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/70
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An embodiment is directed to a hybrid contact plate arrangement in a battery module that includes a plurality of contact plates configured to be arranged on a given side of a set of battery cells in the battery module, at least one insulation layer configured to provide insulation between each of the plurality of contact plates, wherein the set of battery cells includes a plurality of groups of battery cells, and wherein the plurality of contact plates each include a set of bonding connectors, the sets of bonding connectors being configured to connect to the positive and negative terminals of the plurality of groups of battery cells so as to connect battery cells in each of the plurality of groups of battery cells in parallel with each other, and to connect the plurality of groups of battery cells in series with each other.

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