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US 7,479,040 B2Granted
Battery module
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorKyu-Woong Cho
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Abstract
A battery module combines a plurality of a unit cells mounted into a cap structure. The cap structure includes a circuit electrically connecting the unit cells.
Claims16
A battery module comprising:
- a plurality of unit cells having terminals;
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- a cap structure comprising a first substrate, a second substrate on the first substrate, and a plurality of electrically conductive wires between the first substrate and the second substrate, the plurality of electrically conductive wires electrically coupling the plurality of unit cells together in series or in parallel, each of the plurality of electrically conductive wires electrically coupling one of the terminals of one of the unit cells with one of the terminals of a neighboring one of the unit cell.
A battery module comprising:
- a plurality of unit cells having terminals;
- a cap structure having a first cap structure substrate and a second cap structure substrate on the first cap structure substrate, the second cap structure substrate having a bottom surface coupled to a top surface of the first cap structure substrate, the first cap structure substrate being configured to cover the plurality of unit cells and having a plurality of insertion grooves coupleable with the terminals, the plurality of insertion grooves being configured to allow the terminals to be inserted in the insertion grooves;
- a plurality of conductors mounted in the plurality of insertion grooves, the plurality of conductors extending through the top surface of the first cap structure substrate and being configured to contact the terminals inserted in the insertion grooves;
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- a circuit electrically connecting adjacent conductors coupled to the terminals of the plurality of unit cells, the circuit being on the top surface of the first cap structure substrate and the bottom surface of the second cap structure substrate, the circuit having a plurality of conductive wires attached to the conductors,
- wherein the plurality of unit cells are mounted to the cap structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.