Battery cell interconnect and voltage sensing assembly and method for coupling battery cell assemblies thereto

A battery cell interconnect and voltage sensing assembly, comprising:

• a circuit board having a first side and a second side, the circuit board further having first and second slots and first and second apertures extending therethrough, the second side having a first electrical trace disposed thereon;
• a first electrical interconnect member having a first rectangular plate, first and second side walls, and first and second tabs, the first rectangular plate being disposed on the first side of the circuit board, the first rectangular plate further having first, second, third, and fourth edges, the first and second side walls extending from the first and second edges, respectively, outwardly from the first rectangular plate in a first direction, the first and second tabs extending from the third and fourth edges, respectively, in a second direction and through the first and second apertures of the circuit board, the first tab being electrically coupled to the first electrical trace on the second side of the circuit board, the first side wall being configured to contact a first electrical terminal of a first battery cell assembly that extends through the first slot of the circuit board, the second side wall being configured to contact a second electrical terminal of a second battery cell assembly that extends through the second slot of the circuit board, such that the first electrical interconnect member electrically couples the first electrical terminal to the second electrical terminal;
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• an electrical connector disposed on the first side of the circuit board and being electrically coupled to the first electrical trace, the first electrical trace extending from the electrical connector to the first tab for sensing a first voltage at the first tab.