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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2020
American Battery Solutions, Inc., Lake Orion, MI (US);
Heiner Fees, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Andreas Track, Sachsenheim, DE;
Ralf Maisch, Abstatt, DE;
Alexander Eichhorn, Eppingen, DE;
Jörg Damaske, Freiberg, DE;
Valentin Brokop, Walheim, DE;
Hans-Joachim Pflüger, Wüstenrot, DE;
Claus Gerald Pflüger, Markgröningen, DE;
AMERICAN BATTERY SOLUTIONS, INC., Dover, DE (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the disclosure is directed to a multi-layer contact plate configured to establish electrical bonds to battery cells in a battery module, comprising a first plate section configured with a first set of raised dimples on an inner side of the first plate section, a second plate section configured with a second set of raised dimples on an inner side of the second plate section, a cell terminal connection layer sandwiched between the first and second plate sections, wherein a portion of the cell terminal connection layer is configured to form a set of bonding connectors to provide a direct electrical bond between the multi-layer contact plate and terminals of at least one group of battery cells, and a set of inter-layer connection points arranged between at least the first and second plate sections, each of the set of inter-layer connection points being arranged where raised dimples on the first and second plate sections are aligned with each other.