Battery cell interconnect and voltage sensing assembly and a battery module

A battery module, comprising:

• a first battery cell having a first housing and first and second electrical terminals extending outwardly from first and second ends, respectively, of the first housing;
• a second battery cell having a second housing and first and second electrical terminals extending outwardly from first and second ends, respectively, of the second housing;
• a third battery cell having a third housing and first and second electrical terminals extending outwardly from first and second ends, respectively, of the third housing;
• a fourth battery cell having a fourth housing and first and second electrical terminals extending outwardly from first and second ends, respectively, of the fourth housing;
• a first battery cell interconnect and voltage sensing assembly having a first plastic frame member, an elongated interconnect member, a first interconnect member, a second interconnect member, and a first wire harness assembly;
• the first plastic frame member having a first side and a second side, the first plastic frame member having first, second, third and fourth elongated apertures extending therethrough;
• the first, second, third and fourth elongated apertures extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first plastic frame member, the first and second elongated apertures being centered about a first axis, the third and fourth elongated apertures being centered about a second axis, the first and second axes being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and disposed a longitudinal distance apart from one another;
• the elongated interconnect member being coupled to the first plastic frame member and extending past both the first and third apertures, the elongated interconnect member being configured to be electrically and physically coupled to both the first electrical terminal of the first battery cell extending through the first elongated aperture, and the first electrical terminal of the second battery cell extending through the third elongated aperture;
• the elongated interconnect member having a spade lug;
• the first interconnect member being coupled to the first plastic frame member on the first side thereof, the first interconnect member being electrically and physically coupled to the first electrical terminal of the third battery cell extending through the second elongated aperture, the first interconnect member having a spade lug;
• the second interconnect member being coupled to the first plastic frame member on the first side thereof, the second interconnect member being electrically and physically coupled to the first electrical terminal of the fourth battery cell extending through the fourth elongated aperture, the second interconnect member having a spade lug;
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• a first wire harness assembly having first, second, and third spade clips;
• the first spade clip being electrically and physically coupled to the spade lug of the elongated interconnect member;
• the second spade clip being electrically and physically coupled to the spade lug of the first interconnect member;
• the third spade clip being electrically and physically coupled to the spade lug of the second interconnect member.