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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2020
American Battery Solutions, Inc., Lake Orion, MI (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);
AMERICAN BATTERY SOLUTIONS, INC., Lake Orion, MI (US);
Abstract
An embodiment is directed to a hybrid contact plate arrangement in a battery module that includes a plurality of contact plates configured to be arranged on a given side of a set of battery cells in the battery module, at least one insulation layer configured to provide insulation between each of the plurality of contact plates, wherein the set of battery cells includes a plurality of groups of battery cells, and wherein the plurality of contact plates each include a set of bonding connectors, the sets of bonding connectors being configured to connect to the positive and negative terminals of the plurality of groups of battery cells so as to connect battery cells in each of the plurality of groups of battery cells in parallel with each other, and to connect the plurality of groups of battery cells in series with each other.