Terminal of rechargeable battery, method of assembling the terminal of rechargeable battery, rechargeable battery module and method of assembling the rechargeable battery module
AssigneesSamsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorDukjung Kim
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Abstract
A terminal of a rechargeable battery having a case and an electrode assembly inside the case includes a current collecting terminal electrically connectable to the electrode assembly inside the case and for protrusion outwardly from the case, a terminal plate for positioning outside the case, the terminal plate being coupled to the current collecting terminal, and a contact spring for positioning between the outside of the case and the terminal plate, the contact spring being coupled to the current collecting terminal, the contact spring having a predetermined region extending through the terminal plate.
Claims20
A terminal of a rechargeable battery having a case and an electrode assembly inside the case, the terminal comprising:
- a current collecting terminal electrically connectable to the electrode assembly inside the case and for protrusion outwardly from the case;
- a terminal plate for positioning outside the case, the terminal plate being coupled to the current collecting terminal;
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- a contact spring for positioning between the outside of the case and the terminal plate, the contact spring being coupled to the current collecting terminal, the contact spring having a predetermined region extending through the terminal plate.
A method of assembling a terminal of a rechargeable battery comprising:
- coupling a terminal plate to a current collecting terminal protruding outwardly from the case and riveting the current collecting terminal to the terminal plate;
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- coupling a contact spring having a predetermined region passing through the terminal plate to the current collecting terminal between the outside of the case and the terminal plate.
A method of assembling a terminal of a rechargeable battery comprising:
- providing a terminal plate coupled to a current collecting terminal, the current collecting terminal protruding outwardly from the case and the terminal plate and the current collecting terminal being integrally formed;
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- coupling a contact spring to the current collecting terminal between the outside of the case and the terminal plate, the contact spring having a predetermined region passing through the terminal plate.
A method of assembling a rechargeable battery module having a plurality of unit rechargeable batteries positioned in parallel with each other to be electrically connected to each other, the method comprising:
- providing the plurality of unit rechargeable batteries such that each of the plurality of rechargeable batteries includes at least one terminal including:
- a current collecting terminal electrically connected to an electrode assembly inside a case and protruding outwardly from the case;
- a terminal plate positioned outside the case and coupled to the current collecting terminal;
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- contact springs positioned between the outside of the case and the terminal plate and coupled to the current collecting terminal, the contact springs each having a predetermined region extending through the terminal plate,
- connecting a current collecting terminal of the rechargeable battery and another current collecting terminal of an adjacent rechargeable battery through a bus bar, wherein the bus bar is inserted between the contact springs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.