Back to results
US 8,465,867 B2Granted
Secondary battery module
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorYong-Sam Kim
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A large-capacity battery module may be formed by integrating a plurality of unit cells. The present invention provides a secondary battery module having a plurality of unit cells and connectors for electrically connecting the unit cells, which includes: a spacer set up between the unit cells and the connectors. The secondary battery module can insulate a cap from a connector and maintain a uniform space between the unit cells.
Claims20
A secondary battery module, comprising:
- a plurality of prismatic unit cells arranged in a spaced-apart array, each cell having a pair of unidirectionally oriented terminals;
- a plurality of connectors electrically connecting corresponding ones of the terminals of the plurality of unit cells;
- and
- a spacer positioned coextensively with the connectors and entirely between the unit cells and the connectors, one major surface of the spacer comprised of a plurality of grooves separated by a plurality of linearly extending intervening ribs that maintain sidewalk of neighboring said unit cells within said spaced-apart array.
1 more element
A secondary battery module, comprising:
- a plurality of unit cells arranged in a spaced-apart array, each cell having a pair of unidirectionally oriented terminals;
- a plurality of connectors electrically connecting corresponding ones of the terminals of the plurality of unit cells;
- and
- a spacer positioned between the unit cells and the connectors, a first major surface of the spacer comprised of a plurality of grooves separated by a plurality of intervening ribs maintaining sidewalls of neighboring said unit cells within said spaced-apart array, and a second major surface of the spacer sharing a common plane with a multiplicity of the connectors.
1 more element
A secondary battery module, comprising:
- a plurality of unit cells arranged in a spaced-apart array, each cell having a pair of unidirectionally oriented terminals having different polarities;
- a plurality of connectors electrically connecting corresponding ones of the terminals of the plurality of unit cells;
- and
- a plurality of spacers positioned between the unit cells and corresponding, ones of the connectors, one major surface of each of the spacers comprised of a plurality of grooves separated by a plurality of linearly extending intervening ribs maintaining neighboring said unit cells within said spaced-apart array.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.