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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Robert J. Mack, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Richard M. DeKeuster, Racine, WI (US);
Jennifer L. Czarnecki, Franklin, WI (US);
Ken Nakayama, Franklin, WI (US);
Matthew R. Tyler, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Christopher M. Bonin, South Milwaukee, WI (US);
Xugang Zhang, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Dale B. Trester, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jason D. Fuhr, Sussex, WI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a battery module having a housing and a stack of battery cells disposed in a receptacle area of the housing, where each battery cell has a top having a battery cell terminal and a bottom, where the top of the battery cells face outwardly away from the receptacle area. The battery module includes an integrated sensing and bus bar subassembly positioned against the stack of battery cells and has a carrier, a bus bar integrated onto the carrier, and a biasing member integrated onto the carrier. The bus bar electrically couples battery cells in an electrical arrangement, and the biasing member is between the top of each battery cell and the carrier, where the biasing member has a first material, more compliant than a second material of the carrier, and the biasing member biases the stack of battery cells inwardly toward the housing.