Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Peter Apolloner

Helmut Hammerschmied

Maximilian Hofer

The present invention relates to a battery system including a battery module configured to include a plurality of rechargeable battery cells, a housing configured to house the battery module, a printed circuit board disposed on the battery module to include a first surface that faces the battery module and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, and a connector configured to connect the printed circuit board and an external electrical component, wherein the printed circuit board includes a plurality of bent terminal portions disposed on the second surface, and the connector includes a plurality of metal clamps that are respectively connected to the plurality of bent terminal portions of the printed circuit board. In the battery system of the present invention, the connection between the connector and the printed circuit board can be realized without soldering wires.

Connector for printed circuit board and battery system comprising printed circuit board and connector

The present invention refers to a battery system () which comprises a cell stack (), wherein at least two battery cells () of the cell stack () are electrically interconnected via a battery cell connector (). The battery system () comprises a printed circuit board, PCB (), and a cell connecting unit, CCU (). The battery cell connector () is accommodated in the CCU (), the CCU () being fixed onto the cell stack () and comprising one first flexible bracket () that is inserted into a corresponding mounting hole () of the PCB (). According to the invention, the first flexible bracket () of the CCU () comprises a member () configured to fix the PCB () to the CCU () after the member () has been molten in a state in which the first flexible bracket () was inserted into the corresponding mounting hole ().

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Graz, Austria

Peter Apolloner