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US 9,005,800 B2Granted
Battery module
AssigneesSamsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorsShi-Dong Park, Tae-Yong Kim, Jang-Wook Lee
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Abstract
The described technology relates generally to a high capacity battery module. The battery module according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries configured to comprise electrode terminals externally protruded and identification units disposed on the peripheries of the electrode terminals, a bus bar configured to electrically connect the electrode terminals of the plurality of neighboring rechargeable batteries, and a protection member disposed between the plurality of rechargeable batteries and the bus bars.
Claims16
A battery module comprising:
- a plurality of rechargeable batteries, each of the rechargeable batteries comprising a case, electrode terminals protruding from the case, and an identification unit extending around a periphery of at least one of the electrode terminals;
- a bus bar electrically coupling one electrode terminal of a first battery of the rechargeable batteries and one electrode terminal of a second battery of the rechargeable batteries, wherein the first battery and the second battery are adjacent;
- a protection member located between the rechargeable batteries and the bus bar, wherein the bus bar is on an exterior surface of the protection member;
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- wherein the protection member further comprises protrusion units, wherein one . protrusion unit of the protrusion units extends around a periphery of at least one bus bar on the support plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.