A123 Systems LLC

Michael Shenberger

Jason Davis

Robert Dickie

Kevin Martus

David Allen

Timothy E Hughes

Arfan Ahmad

Michael Wiener

Jerry Gohl

A starter battery is provided comprising a plurality of pouch-type prismatic cells stacked to form an array and configured to output a voltage sufficient to start a vehicle engine. The starter battery further includes a housing configured to contain the array wherein the housing includes a tray and a lid attached with the tray such that the housing provides a compressive force sufficient to prevent cell delamination and to constrain expansion or swelling of the cells during operation.

Vehicle starter battery

A battery module is provided. The battery module includes a set of stacked battery cells, each stacked battery cell including at least one cell tab and a bus bar assembly including a bus bar, a bus bar support overmolded around a sense line electrically coupled to the battery cells, the bus bar support including cell tab openings having the plurality of cell tabs extending therethrough.

Bus bar assembly including integrated bus bar support

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Walled Lake, MI, United States of America

Michael Shenberger