Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Boltless battery cell connection
- Patent Title (中): 无螺栓电池单元连接
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Application No.: US13839931Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09105912B2Publication Date: 2015-08-11
- Inventor: Weiping Zhao
- Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US PA Berwyn
- Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Berwyn
- Main IPC: H01M2/20
- IPC: H01M2/20 ; H01M2/26 ; H01M2/30

Abstract:
A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells each having positive and negative cell terminals and a carrier mounted over and spanning across the plurality of battery cells. The carrier has trays with openings therethrough exposing the positive and negative cell terminals. A plurality of buss bars are received in corresponding trays. The buss bars each have a positive plate laser welded to the positive cell terminal of a corresponding battery cell through the corresponding opening and a negative plate laser welded to the negative cell terminal of a different battery cell through the corresponding opening. The buss bars may be bimetal buss bars.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130309537A1 BOLTLESS BATTERY CELL CONNECTION Public/Granted day:2013-11-21
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