Battery Pack Bus Bar Assembly with Shaped Interconnect Mounting Platforms

A battery assembly, comprising:

• a plurality of batteries divided into rows, each battery of said plurality of batteries comprising a first terminal at a first end portion of said battery and a second terminal at said first end portion of said battery, wherein said plurality of batteries are divided into a plurality of battery groups, wherein each battery group of said plurality of battery groups is comprised of at least two of said rows, wherein said batteries within each battery group are electrically connected in parallel, and wherein said battery groups of said plurality of battery groups are electrically connected in series;
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• a plurality of non-overlapping bus bars configured in an alternating pattern with said plurality of battery groups, wherein said alternating pattern alternates a single bus bar of said plurality of non-overlapping bus bars with a single battery group of said plurality of battery groups, each single bus bar of said plurality of non-overlapping bus bars comprising:
• a first plurality of interconnect mounting platforms extending at a first non-perpendicular angle from a first edge of said single bus bar, wherein each of said first plurality of interconnect mounting platforms is arcuately shaped, wherein each of said first plurality of interconnect mounting platforms is electrically connected to a first subset of said plurality of batteries via said first terminals of said first subset of said plurality of batteries, and wherein said first subset of said plurality of batteries is comprised of at least four batteries of said plurality of batteries;
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• a second plurality of interconnect mounting platforms extending at a second non-perpendicular angle from a second edge of said single bus bar, wherein each of said second plurality of interconnect mounting platforms is comprised of an initial platform portion extending from said second edge of said single bus bar and a pair of platform extensions extending from said initial platform portion, wherein said initial platform portion of each of said second plurality of interconnect mounting platforms is electrically connected to a second subset of said plurality of batteries via said second terminals of said second subset of said plurality of batteries, wherein said second subset of said plurality of batteries is comprised of at least one battery of said plurality of batteries, wherein a first platform extension of said pair of platform extensions is electrically connected to a third subset of said plurality of batteries via said second terminals of said third subset of said plurality of batteries, wherein said third subset of said plurality of batteries is comprised of at least one battery of said plurality of batteries, wherein a second platform extension of said pair of platform extensions is electrically connected to a fourth subset of said plurality of batteries via said second terminals of said fourth subset of said plurality of batteries, and wherein said fourth subset of said plurality of batteries is comprised of at least one battery of said plurality of batteries.