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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Martin Eberhard, Woodside, CA (US);
Rob Sweney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Martin Eberhard, Woodside, CA (US);
Rob Sweney, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignees:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/1077 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a longitudinal battery cell for a vehicle battery module, the battery cell includes a first end and an opposite second end with respect to a longitudinal axis of the battery cell, and a lateral surface extending from the first end to the second end. The battery cell includes an attachment structure extending in an outward direction from the lateral surface at the second end for coupling the battery cell to the battery module.