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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Inevit Llc, Redwood City, CA (US);
Heiner Fees, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Andreas Track, Sachsenheim, DE;
Alexander Eichhorn, Eppingen, DE;
Ralf Maisch, Abstatt, DE;
Jörg Damaske, Freiberg, DE;
Martin Eberhard, Woodside, CA (US);
TIVENI MERGECO, INC., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to a center contact plate configured to establish electrical bonds between battery cells in a battery module. In an embodiment, the center contact plate includes at least one primary conductive layer including a first set of holes formed within the at least one primary conductive layer that are aligned with positive terminals of a first group of battery cells that are configured to be connected in parallel with each other, and a second set of holes formed within the at least one primary conductive layer that are aligned with negative terminals of a second group of battery cells that are configured to be connected in parallel with each other, wherein the first and second sets of holes are each clustered together on different sides of the at least one primary conductive layer.