Battery pack with interchangeable circuit substrates
AssigneesSamsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorJi-Hyoung Yoon
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Abstract
A battery pack including a plurality of battery cells, the battery cells including positive electrode terminals and negative electrode terminals; and a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate and second substrate being selectively coupleable to the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the first substrate includes a first circuit for connecting the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals to connect the plurality of battery cells together in a first manner, and the second substrate includes a second circuit for electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells in a second manner different from the first manner.
Claims17
A battery pack, comprising:
- a plurality of battery cells, the battery cells including positive electrode terminals and negative electrode terminals;
- a first substrate and a second substrate, the first substrate and second substrate being selectively coupleable to the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals of the plurality of battery cells, wherein:
- the first substrate includes a first circuit for connecting the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals to selectably connect the plurality of battery cells together in a first manner, and
- the second substrate includes a second circuit for selectably electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells in a second manner different from the first manner, and
- a transport medium for selectively attaching and detaching the first substrate or the second substrate to and from the plurality of battery cells to couple and uncouple the first substrate or the second substrate to the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals.
A battery pack connector for interchangeably coupling together positive electrode terminals and negative electrode terminals of a plurality of battery cells, the battery pack connector comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate,
- the first substrate including a first circuit for connecting the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals to selectably connect the plurality of battery cells together in a first manner, and
- the second substrate including a second circuit for selectably electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells in a second manner different from the first manner, and
- a transport medium for selectively attaching and detaching the first substrate or the second substrate to and from the plurality of battery cells to couple and uncouple the first substrate or the second substrate to the positive electrode terminals and the negative electrode terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.