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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 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
An embodiment is directed to a contact plate configured to establish electrical bonds between battery cells in a battery module, including at least one primary conductive layer, and a set of bonding connectors that are configured to provide direct electrical bonds between the contact plate and terminals of a group of battery cells, the set of bonding connectors being configured to connect the group of battery cells in parallel with each other, wherein at least one bonding connector in the set of bonding connectors is configured with a higher fuse rating than each other bonding connector in the set of bonding connectors so as to contain arcs among the set of bonding connectors to the at least one bonding connector.