A battery cell contacting device for a battery module having a plurality of battery cells electrically coupled to one another via a plurality of cell connectors has a rigid printed circuit board, which, in the region next to the plurality of cell connectors, is arranged over the battery cells and is connected to the plurality of cell connectors via a plurality of contact elements. For the purpose of making fitting easier and more reliable, each of the plurality of contact elements is formed from an electrically conductive wire. The wire, at the first end section of the contact element, is electrically conductively connected to the printed circuit board and, at the opposite, second end section of the contact element, can be electrically conductively connected to the respective cell connector and/or is coupled to a sensor element which can be brought into contact with the respective cell connector.

To prevent an increase in the electrical resistance between a terminal for external connection and a cell terminal of a battery cell of a battery cell group. A battery module 100 includes a battery cell group 10, a pair of end plates 20, a bus bar 30, and a fastening member 40. The end plate 20 includes a recess 21 adapted to partially house the fastening member 40 in a mutually movable manner in one direction (X-direction) corresponding to the stacked direction of the plurality of battery cells 1. The battery module 100 also has a gap S between an inner side wall 21a of the recess 21 and the fastening member 40 in the one direction (X-direction).

A battery module includes: a cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells and a cell housing in which the plurality of battery cells are accommodated; and a battery management system (BMS) assembly including a BMS circuit board, a BMS cover accommodating the BMS circuit board, and at least one temperature sensor module connected to the BMS circuit board and fixedly mounted on a rear surface of the BMS cover, the BMS assembly being mountably and detachably provided on a side surface of the cell housing, and the temperature sensor module contacts one of the plurality of battery cells.

The present disclosure provides a battery module including a center cartridge assembly, on which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed and seated, including a cooling plate inner installed therein and configured to cool a part of each of the battery cells, a side cooling cover assembly which is coupled to two sides of the center cartridge assembly to protect the battery cells seated on the center cartridge assembly and includes a cooling plate outer attached thereto and configured to cool a part of each of the battery cells, and a busbar housing assembly which is coupled to an upper portion of the center cartridge assembly and includes one or more output busbars installed thereon and configured to be electrically connected to an electrode exposed at an upper portion of each of the battery cells.

The present disclosure provides a battery module including a center cartridge assembly, on which a plurality of battery cells are arrayed and seated, including a cooling plate inner installed therein and configured to cool a part of each of the battery cells, a side cooling cover assembly which is coupled to two sides of the center cartridge assembly to protect the battery cells seated on the center cartridge assembly and includes a cooling plate outer attached thereto and configured to cool a part of each of the battery cells, and a busbar housing assembly which is coupled to an upper portion of the center cartridge assembly and includes one or more output busbars installed thereon and configured to be electrically connected to an electrode exposed at an upper portion of each of the battery cells.

A battery pack including a supporting structure, a battery cell housed within the supporting structure, a sleeve partially surrounding the battery cell, a bus bar, and a wire. The sleeve extends over a portion of a first end of the battery cell and has a laser-cut cutaway portion exposing a laser-cleaned first bonding area of the first end of the battery cell. The laser-cleaned first bonding area is positioned adjacent to an outer perimeter of the first end of the battery cell. The bus bar has a laser-cleaned second bonding area. The wire is bonded to the first and second laser-cleaned bonding areas to electrically connect the battery cell to the bus bar.

A battery pack including a supporting structure, a battery cell housed within the supporting structure, a sleeve partially surrounding the battery cell, a bus bar, and a wire. The sleeve extends over a portion of a first end of the battery cell and has a laser-cut cutaway portion exposing a laser-cleaned first bonding area of the first end of the battery cell. The laser-cleaned first bonding area is positioned adjacent to an outer perimeter of the first end of the battery cell. The bus bar has a laser-cleaned second bonding area. The wire is bonded to the first and second laser-cleaned bonding areas to electrically connect the battery cell to the bus bar.

An apparatus for defining an AC power source having a predetermined amperage rating and for use with a pallet truck or fork lift lifting device. The apparatus includes a pair of terminal banks, a battery, a converter adapted to change DC to AC power, a relay, a controller, and a base adapted for engagement by the lifting device for transport of the apparatus. The apparatus is shaped so that it can be transported by the lifting device through a doorway. A pair of terminal banks, battery, converter, relay and controller are coupled to one another and configured for selective operation in a standalone configuration or a stacked configuration.

A battery pack connector may include a plurality of layers stacked on top of each other along a vertical direction, and a plurality of pad portions arranged at corresponding positions in respective ones of the plurality of layers in central portions of the respective layers.

Provided is a vehicle battery device in which components are reduced, a compact configuration can be achieved, and connection with the outside can be easily performed. A vehicle battery device includes: a battery cell mounting part accommodating a battery cell group constituted by a plurality of laminated battery cells; and an interface box integrating connection functions between the battery cell mounting part and the outside, wherein the battery cell mounting part is connected to at least one of two opposing side surfaces in an outer surface of the interface box, and has an end plate on an end surface opposite an end surface connected to the interface box; and the battery cell group of the battery cell mounting part is compressed and sandwiched between the side surface of the interface box and the end plate in a lamination direction of the battery cells.