A method of electrically coupling first and second electrical terminals of first and second battery cells, respectively, to one another, comprising:
- providing a first terminal assembly having a first pin assembly with first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth pins and a first single central conductive member;
- the first, second, and third pins of the first pin assembly of the first terminal assembly being coupled to and extending in a first direction from the first single central conductive member;
- the fourth, fifth, and sixth pins of the first pin assembly of the first terminal assembly being coupled to and extending in a second direction from the first single central conductive member;
- the second direction being opposite to the first direction;
- the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth pins of the first pin assembly of the first terminal assembly being electrically coupled together;
- providing a second terminal assembly having a first pin assembly with first, second, third female pins, and first, second, and third pins and a second single central conductive member;
- the first, second, and third female pins of the first pin assembly of the second terminal assembly being coupled to and extending in the first direction from the second single central conductive member;
- the first, second, and third pins of the first pin assembly of the second terminal assembly being coupled to and extending in the second direction from the second single central conductive member;
- the first, second, and third female pins and the first, second, and third pins of the first pin assembly of the second terminal assembly being electrically coupled together;
- the first, second, and third female pins of the first pin assembly of the second terminal assembly receiving the fourth, fifth, and sixth pins, respectively, of the first pin assembly of the first terminal assembly therein;
- attaching the first end cap to the first terminal assembly to urge the first electrical terminal against the first, second, and third pins of the first pin assembly of the first terminal assembly such that the first, second, and third pins of the first pin assembly of the first terminal assembly extend through and contact the first electrical terminal, and the first electrical terminal is held between the first end cap and the first terminal assembly;
- disposing the fourth, fifth, and sixth pins of the first pin assembly of the first terminal assembly in the first, second, and third female pins, respectively, of the first pin assembly of the second terminal assembly;
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- attaching the second end cap to the second terminal assembly to urge the second electrical terminal against the first, second, and third pins of the first pin assembly of the second terminal assembly such that the first, second, and third pins of the first pin assembly of the second terminal assembly extend through and contact the second electrical terminal, and the second electrical terminal is held between the second end cap and the second terminal assembly.