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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2017
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Augusto E. Barton, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert Clinton Lane, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nathan Khalil Chidiac, Los Altos, CA (US);
Julian Christian Carl, Amsterdam-Zuidoost, NL;
Hugh Burnett Ross, San Francisco, CA (US);
William B. Stockton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Paul Manov, Mountain View, CA (US);
TESLA, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An energy storage system includes a module housing and multiple battery cells positioned inside the module housing. Each of the battery cells has a first end and a second end. Further, each of the battery cells has a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The energy storage system includes a first interconnect and a second interconnect positioned over the battery cells. Multiple first cell connectors connect the positive terminals of the battery cells to the first interconnect. Multiple second cell connectors connect the negative terminals of the battery cells to the second interconnect. A top plate having an interior side and an exterior side is positioned over the first interconnect and the second interconnect. The top plate includes one or more weak areas positioned above one or more battery cell.