# US 2014/0193680 A1 · Battery module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0193680 A1 - Document ID: US20140193680A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/098,573 - Filed: 2013-12-06 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-08 - Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jin-Bok LEE; Jang-Wook LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193680A1 ## CPC - H01M 10/482: {for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially} - H01M 10/486: {for measuring temperature} - H01M 50/516: by welding, soldering or brazing - H01M 50/569: Constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals (battery terminal connectors with integrated measuring arrangements G01R31/364) - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/30: Arrangements for facilitating escape of gases - H01M 50/51: Connection only in series - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract A battery module may include batteries that include electrode terminals, and a measurement member that measures one or more of a voltage, a current, or a temperature of each of the batteries. The measurement member may include receiving portions, and the battery module may include connection members that electrically connecting electrode terminals of neighboring batteries. Each of the connection members may include a protrusion extending therefrom, and each protrusion may be electrically connected to the measurement member. Each protrusion may also include an uppermost surface that faces away from the batteries, and the uppermost surface of each protrusion may engage one of the receiving portions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery module, comprising: batteries, each of the batteries including electrode terminals; a measurement member that measures one or more of a voltage, a current, or a temperature of each of the batteries, the measurement member including receiving portions; and connection members, each of the connection members electrically connecting electrode terminals of neighboring batteries, and each of the connection members including a protrusion extending therefrom, each protrusion being electrically connected to the measurement member and including an uppermost surface that faces away from the batteries, the uppermost surface of each protrusion engaging one of the receiving portions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the uppermost surface of each protrusion engages a lower surface of the receiving portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The battery module as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the receiving portions are grooves, and the protrusion of each of the connection members is inserted into one of the grooves. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The battery module as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the grooves each have a first width, the protrusion of each of the connection members has a second width, and the first width is smaller than the second width. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The battery module as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the protrusion of each of the connection members extends from an uppermost surface of each of the connection members, and the uppermost surface of each protrusion is coplanar with the uppermost surface of each of the connection members. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The battery module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a column on the protrusion of each of the connection members, wherein: the receiving portions are through-holes, and the column of each of the connection members projects through one of the through-holes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The battery module as claimed in claim 6, wherein: the protrusion of each of the connection members extends from an uppermost surface of each of the connection members in a direction parallel to the uppermost surface of each of the connection members, and the column of each of the connection members projects from the protrusion in a direction perpendicular to the uppermost surface of each of the connection members. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The battery module as claimed in claim 6, wherein: the column of each of the connection members has a first portion with a first diameter and a second portion with a second diameter, the second portion is between the first portion and the protrusion of each of the connection members, and the first diameter is greater than the second diameter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The battery module as claimed in claim 6, wherein the column of each of the connection members is coupled to the measurement member with a separate fastener. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The battery module as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the connection members is welded to a first electrode terminal of one battery and a second electrode terminal of a neighboring battery. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The battery module as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the electrode terminals of the batteries are arranged in a first row and a second row, the first row is substantially parallel to the second row, and the connection members include: first connection members over the electrode terminals arranged in the first row, and second connection members over the electrode terminals arranged in the second row. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The battery module as claimed in claim 1, further comprising single-terminal connection members, each of the single-terminal connection members being electrically connected to one of the electrode terminals of only one of the batteries, wherein: each of the single-terminal connection members includes a protrusion that extends therefrom, each protrusion of the single-terminal connection members is electrically connected to the measurement member, and includes an uppermost surface that faces away from the batteries, and the uppermost surface of each protrusion of the single-terminal connection members engages one of the receiving portions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The battery module as claimed in claim 12, wherein: the batteries are arranged in a stack, the stack includes a first battery on a first side of the stack and a second battery on a second side of the stack, the first side is opposite the second side, and the single-terminal connection members include: a first single-terminal connection member electrically connected to one of the electrode terminals of only the first battery, and a second single-terminal connection member electrically connected to one of the electrode terminals of only the second battery. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The battery module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the measurement member includes a flexible circuit board. ### Claim 15 A battery module, comprising: batteries, each of the batteries including electrode terminals and a vent hole; a measurement member that measures one or more of a voltage, a current, or a temperature of each of the batteries, the measurement member including at least one exposure portion and receiving portions, the at least one exposure portion exposing at least one vent hole of the batteries; and connection members, each of the connection members electrically connecting electrode terminals of neighboring batteries and including a protrusion, the protrusion of each of the connection members being electrically connected to the measurement member and engaging one of the receiving portions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The battery module as claimed in claim 15, wherein: the measurement member includes a first body portion and a second body portion, the first body portion and the second body portion extend along opposite sides of the at least one exposure portion, and the first body portion and the second body portion extend between the electrode terminals of each of the batteries. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The battery module as claimed in claim 15, wherein the at least one exposure portion exposes the vent hole of each of the batteries. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The battery module as claimed in claim 17, wherein: the at least one exposure portion includes a first exposure portion and a second exposure portion, the first exposure portion exposes a first vent hole of a first battery, and the second exposure portion exposes a second vent hole of a second battery. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The battery module as claimed in claim 17, wherein the at least one exposure portion is a single exposure portion that exposes all of the vent holes of the batteries.