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Lead frame for a battery module

US9705121B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Johnson Controls Technology Company · US

Inventors

Jason D. Fuhr · Sussex, US
Joerg Birkholz · Sarstedt, DE
Jonathan P. Lobert · Hartford, US
Marco Jansen · Celle, DE
Martin Wiegmann · Kellinghusen, DE
Richard M. DeKeuster · Racine, US
Robert J. Mack · Milwaukee, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2015
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 5, 2036

Classification

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

Abstract

The present disclosure includes a battery module having a power assembly that includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of bus bars that electrically couples a terminal of each of the plurality of battery cells to a terminal of an adjacent battery cell of the plurality of battery cells. The battery module also includes a lead frame that includes a plurality of cell taps respectively electrically coupled to the plurality of bus bars of the power assembly, and a plurality of leads that extends from the plurality of cell taps. The lead frame also includes a plurality of broken interconnects that electrically isolates the plurality of cell taps from one another and electrically isolates the plurality of leads from one another.

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