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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Waterloo Tsutsui, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Hangjie Liao, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Thomas Heinrich Siegmund, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Weinong Wayne Chen, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A current interrupt device, method thereof, and battery assembly suitable for reducing the likelihood of an overcharge of the battery. The battery assembly includes a busbar electrically connecting an anode of a first battery cell and a cathode of a second battery cell of the battery assembly. The busbar is configured to interrupt the flow of electrical current between the anode and cathode in response to a mechanical impact load, for example an automobile crash.