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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Atieva, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nathaniel Wynn, San Mateo, CA (US);
Stephan Carl Wintner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard J. Biskup, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Louis D'Atri, Redwood City, CA (US);
ATIEVA, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A battery assembly utilizing a compact and robust bus bar configuration is provided. The batteries within the assembly are divided into groups with each group formed from at least two rows of batteries. The batteries within each battery group are connected in parallel and the groups are connected in series. The batteries are interconnected using a plurality of non-overlapping bus bars configured in an alternating pattern with the plurality of battery groups, where each of the bus bars includes multiple interconnect mounting platforms. The interconnect mounting platforms simplify coupling multiple rows of batteries to each bus bar while minimizing bus bar current density variations and insuring that individual interconnect resistance remains relatively low and at about the same level per battery.