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US 9,070,939 B2Granted
Battery module
AssigneesSamsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorMin-Hyung Guen
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Abstract
A battery module including: a plurality of rechargeable batteries including a first terminal and a second terminal; and a connecting member electrically connecting rechargeable batteries of the plurality of rechargeable batteries through the first and second terminals, the connecting member including an access protrusion protruded toward the first terminal, and the first terminal includes a pressurizer configured to press the access protrusion toward a part of the first terminal.
Claims15
A battery module comprising:
- a plurality of rechargeable batteries comprising a first terminal and a second terminal;
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- a substantially plate-shaped connecting member electrically connecting rechargeable batteries of the plurality of rechargeable batteries through the first and second terminals, the connecting member comprising an access protrusion protruded in a first direction toward the first terminal and toward a case of a respective rechargeable battery of the plurality of rechargeable batteries from which the first terminal protrudes,
- wherein the first terminal comprises a pressurizer configured to press the access protrusion in the first direction toward a part of the first terminal,
- wherein the first terminal includes a connecting groove having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape corresponding to the substantially plate-shaped connecting member, the connecting member being insertable into the connecting groove in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first terminal including a first side wall facing the connecting groove and a second side wall opposite the first side wall and facing the connecting groove, the second side wall spaced apart from the first side wall in a third direction perpendicular to each of the first and second directions, and
- wherein the connecting member is inserted into the connecting groove, and the pressurizer is formed as a rib that protrudes toward the inside from an edge of the connecting groove.
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A battery module comprising:
- a plurality of rechargeable batteries comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, the first and second terminals protruding through respective cap plates of the rechargeable batteries, each of the cap plates facing a same outward direction;
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- a connecting member electrically connecting the rechargeable batteries,
- wherein the first terminal has a connecting groove having a first opening in a side facing a first direction perpendicular to the outward direction, and a first portion of the connecting member is inserted in the in the connecting groove of the first terminal through the first opening, the first portion of the connecting member comprising a hook inserted in the connecting groove of the first terminal and coupling the connecting member and the first terminal to each other,
- wherein the second terminal has a connecting groove having a second opening in a side facing a second direction perpendicular to the outward direction and opposite the first direction, and a second portion of the connecting member is inserted in the connecting groove of the second terminal through the second opening, the second portion of the connecting member comprising a hook inserted in the connecting groove of the second terminal and coupling the connecting member and the second terminal to each other,
- wherein the first terminal comprises an inner wall facing the connecting groove of the first terminal, and a supporter protruding from the inner wall toward an inside of the connecting groove, and
- wherein the hook of the first portion of the connecting member contacts the supporter within the connecting groove of the first terminal to couple the connecting member and the first terminal to each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.