Module connector and method for electrically conductively connecting a module connector to a battery module

A method for electrically conductively connecting a module connector to a contact element of a battery module, wherein the module connector comprises a connecting conductor, a contact protection element, and a fastening element, and wherein the method comprises the following:

• positioning a contact region of the connecting conductor on which the contact protection element is arranged on the contact element of the battery module;
• transferring the fastening element held in a rest position on the contact protection element from the rest position into an assembly position in which the fastening element is in engagement with the contact element of the battery module and a contact protection is provided at least for a protected part of the fastening element by the contact protection element;
• wherein the contact protection element comprises an inlet channel for accommodating a portion of the connecting conductor.

A module connector for electrically conductively connecting at least two battery modules, comprising a connecting conductor, which has a contact region that is arrangeable on a contact element of a battery module, wherein the module connector comprises a contact protection element, which at least partially covers the contact region of the connecting conductor, and

• a fastening element for fixing the contact region of the connecting conductor to the contact element,
• wherein the fastening element in a rest position is held on the contact protection element and is transferable from the rest position into an assembly position in which a contact protection is provided for at least a protected part of the fastening element by the contact protection element,
• wherein the contact protection element comprises a blocking element, which blocks a transfer of the fastening element from the rest position into the assembly position.

A method for electrically conductively connecting a module connector to a contact element of a battery module, wherein the module connector comprises a connecting conductor, a contact protection element, and a fastening element, and wherein the method comprises the following:

• positioning a contact region of the connecting conductor on which the contact protection element is arranged on the contact element of the battery module;
• transferring the fastening element held in a rest position on the contact protection element from the rest position into an assembly position in which the fastening element is in engagement with the contact element of the battery module and a contact protection is provided at least for a protected part of the fastening element by the contact protection element;
• wherein the contact protection element comprises a blocking element, which blocks a transfer of the fastening element from the rest position into the assembly position.