Disclosed is a non-lead conductive cap for a battery terminal and battery. The battery may comprise a battery housing and a positive and negative terminal, the positive and negative terminal being accessible through the battery housing; wherein the positive and negative terminal further comprise an electrically conductive cap mounted on both the positive and negative terminal, wherein the electrically conductive cap does not comprise lead.

A vehicle traction battery assembly including a battery cell, a busbar, and a thermal spray is provided. The battery cell may include a terminal having an angled taper upper portion extending therefrom. The busbar may define a through-hole having a taper defining an angle substantially opposite of the angled taper upper portion such that a cavity is defined therebetween when the terminal extends through the through-hole. The thermal spray may be deposited within the cavity to secure the busbar to the terminal. The thermal spray may be formed from a metallic powder selected to include particles that deform and connect when accelerated to a speed of approximately 500 mph or more to join the particles and form a bond securing the terminal to the busbar. The particles of the metallic powder may be iron, copper, aluminum, nickel, iron, or magnesium.

A battery bushing for rechargeable batteries has mounting and contacting sections and a torque ring between these sections. The torque ring or the outer surface can be endowed with several indentations. The mounting section is configured to hold the battery bushing within a battery cover, into which it is preferably injection molded. The battery bushing is a hollow body with outer and inner walls. At the contacting section, the outer wall is conically shaped. At the mounting section, the outer wall has at least one circumferential projection forming a labyrinth. The inner wall comprises at least an upper section, approximately surrounded by the contacting section and preferably having a conical shape, and a lower section approximately surrounded by the mounting section. The lower section preferably has (in a lateral sectional view) a concave shape. Between the upper and lower sections, there may be an edge or a step.

The present disclosure relates to a cover assembly, and a method of processing the cover assembly, and a battery. The cover assembly is adapted to a battery having a housing provided with an accommodating cavity thereon, and includes a top cover, an insulating piece, and an anode piece. The top cover is configured to cover the accommodating cavity, the top cover includes a first connection layer having a molecular structure different from other portions thereof, the anode piece includes a second connection layer having a molecular structure different from other portions thereof, the insulating piece is stacked between the first connection layer and the second connection layer, and the insulating piece is connected to the first connection layer and the second connection layer by hot-melting.

A battery terminal (1) includes a body (10) with C-shaped upper and lower plate mounting portions (21, 41). First and second fastening portion (60, 70) have bolt accommodating portions (65, 75) respectively. A fastening member (80) is assembled with the first and second fastening portions (60, 70) and is configured to reduce the diameters of the upper and lower plate mounting portions (21, 41). The fastening member (80) includes a fastening bolt (81) having a head (82), a column (83) extending from the head (82) and a shaft (84) extending from the column (83). The column (83) is accommodated into the bolt accommodating portions (65, 75), and a nut (85) is screwed onto the shaft (84). The shaft (84) is insertable through the bolt insertion hole (87) of a washer (86), but the column (83) is not insertable through the bolt insertion hole (87).

A battery is provided with a battery cover having a first cover mold insert and a second cover mold insert which are interchangeable in the cover prior to molding depending at least in part on the battery's polarity configuration. The first cover mold insert has a bushing that is relatively different in dimension, size and/or shape than the bushing of the second cover mold insert, such that each bushing is adapted to receive a cast-on-strap post of a relatively different dimension, size and/or shape. The first cover mold insert may also have a terminal that is relatively different in dimension, size and/or shape than the terminal of the second cover mold insert, such that each terminal is adapted to engage a formation connector contact of a relatively different dimension, size and/or shape.

A battery pack includes a case and a plurality of batteries, wherein the case includes a first body, a second body, and a connecting frame. The first body has a first opening. The second body has a second opening which could match with the first opening. A chamber is formed between the first body and the second body. The connecting frame is connected to the second body, and has a first connecting shaft and a second connecting shaft. The first connecting shaft is adapted to be connected to the first body, and the second connecting shaft is adapted to be connected to a mounting position. The batteries are disposed side by side in the chamber.

The invention relates to a connecting pole (1) for a rechargeable battery (12) having the following features: a) the connecting pole (1) has a connecting section (2), in which a pole terminal can be fastened on the connecting pole (1), b) the connecting pole (1) has a fastening section (3), in which the connecting pole (1) can be fastened in a housing part (5) of the rechargeable battery (12), c) the fastening section (3) has a labyrinth section (4), d) the outer wall (6) of the connecting pole (1) has, in the labyrinth section (4), one or more peripheral projections (7, 8, 10), e) at least two adjacently arranged peripheral projections (70, 71, 72, 73, 80, 81, 82, 83) are flanged in pairs in the mutually facing direction, wherein a recess (11) is formed on each of the peripheral projections (70, 71, 72, 73, 80, 81, 82, 83) with respect to the outer wall (6) of the connecting pole (1) by the flanged region. The invention also relates to a rechargeable battery housing or a part thereof with at least one such connecting pole and to a machine for producing such a connecting pole.

A conductive sheet and a battery conducting module, wherein the battery conducting module is adapted to electrically connect electrodes of a plurality of batteries which are arranged side by side, and includes two conductive sheets. Each of the conductive sheets includes a connecting portion, two first conducting portions, and two second conducting portions. The connecting portion has a first side and a second side. The two first conducting portions are spaced from each other by a distance and are connected to the first side, and extend along a first direction. The two second conducting portions are spaced from each other by a distance and are connected to the second side, and extend along a second direction. The second direction is opposite to the first direction. The conductive sheets are respectively adapted to connect the electrodes of batteries and are disposed facing each other.

An electrical connection box includes a fusible link including a pair of terminal portions, a plate-shaped conductive member, a first nut including a first flange portion and fastened to the conductive member by being screwed with a first screw member, a second nut including a second flange portion and fastened to the conductive member by being screwed with a second screw member, and a block that includes a holding portion holding the first flange portion and the second flange portion and holds the fusible link. The holding portion extends between the pair of terminal portions in a projecting direction of the terminal portions, and includes a first holding portion located on a back side in an insertion direction, a second holding portion located on an entrance side in the insertion direction, and a projecting portion allowing entry of the first flange portion and restricting entry of the second flange portion.