A battery module including a cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells arranged to be stacked on each other; a lower housing having a lower plate provided in a plate form and two vertical plates extending vertically on the lower plate with a predetermined interval, the cell assembly being at least partially inserted into a space between the two vertical plates, so that a plurality of bus bars electrically connected to electrode tabs respectively provided at the battery cells are coupled to the vertical plates; an upper housing coupled to the lower housing to surround an upper portion of the cell assembly; and a sensing unit having a harness wire electrically connected to the plurality of bus bars and provided from a lower portion of the lower housing to an upper portion thereof and a sensing connector connected to an end of the harness wire.

An electrochemical device pack includes first and second electrochemical devices disposed in a length direction, where each of the first and second electrochemical devices has a top surface and a bottom surface in a thickness direction; and a first lead wire which has a ribbon shape, extends substantially in the length direction, and has a first surface and a second surface in the thickness direction. The first electrochemical device includes first and second electrode terminals exposed to an outside thereof, the second electrochemical device includes first and second electrode terminals exposed to an outside thereof, the first lead wire is electrically connected to the first electrode terminal of the first electrochemical device and the first electrode terminal of the second electrochemical device, and the first surface or the second surface of the first lead wire faces the top surface or bottom surface of the first electrochemical device.

A battery module 1 includes an array body including a plurality of battery cells held by cell holders and arranged along a predetermined array direction, and elastic members disposed between adjacent battery cells, and a restraint member applying a restraining load to the array body in the array direction. The cell holder has a protrusion protruding in the array direction, and a compression amount of the elastic member between the battery cells is regulated by the protrusion abutting on a cell holder of an adjacent battery cell.

A battery pack includes a pouch cell having electrode tabs extending therefrom, each of the tabs defining perforations, a bus bar in contact with the tabs, and respective agglomerations of mechanically bound solid metal particles each filling one of the perforations to mechanically bind and electrically connect the tabs to the bus bar.

A battery pack includes: a plurality of parallel modules arranged in an arrangement direction; and a bus bar through which different polarities of parallel modules of the plurality of parallel modules that are not adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction are connected in series to each other. In the battery pack, output terminals having different polarities are provided at adjacent positions. Therefore, the battery pack may be easily electrically connected to a set device. In addition, since the electrical paths of the output terminals are shortened, the battery pack may have improved electrical output power and spatial efficiency by a simple structure, and may be durable against vibrations and shocks.

A lead acid battery comprises a plurality of cells provided in an odd number arrangement greater than one in only a single row, a plurality of outer cell connectors connecting the plurality of cells to provide a single series electrical current path, and a pair of inner cell connectors. Each cell has a plurality of plates of differing polarity. Each of the outer cell connectors is positioned in an alternating manner on opposite sides of a longitudinal centerline of the plurality of cells. The plurality of outer cell connectors include a plurality of flags positioned on opposite sides of the longitudinal centerline of the plurality of cells. The inner cell connectors are connected to each other along the longitudinal centerline of the plurality of cells.

A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween, a center pin at a center of the electrode assembly, the center pin including a bonding portion electrically coupled to the first electrode, and a terminal portion connected to one end of the bonding portion, a case housing the electrode assembly, and a gasket insulating between the center pin and the case, the gasket enclosing an edge of the terminal portion of the center pin.

The present disclosure relates to a battery module having a housing and a stack of battery cells disposed in a receptacle area of the housing, where each battery cell has a top having a battery cell terminal and a bottom, where the top of the battery cells face outwardly away from the receptacle area. The battery module includes an integrated sensing and bus bar subassembly positioned against the stack of battery cells and has a carrier, a bus bar integrated onto the carrier, and a biasing member integrated onto the carrier. The bus bar electrically couples battery cells in an electrical arrangement, and the biasing member is between the top of each battery cell and the carrier, where the biasing member has a first material, more compliant than a second material of the carrier, and the biasing member biases the stack of battery cells inwardly toward the housing.

A battery encapsulation method includes disposing an active battery layer on each of a plurality of battery substrates, with each battery substrate having a greater area than its corresponding active battery layer. The plurality of battery substrates are attached to an interposer having a greater area than an aggregate area of the plurality of battery substrates. The active battery layers are environmentally sealed by disposing a film over the active battery layers sized such that the film extends beyond the active battery layers to contact the battery substrates and the interposer. The interposer is physically along locations where the film contacts the interposer so as to form a plurality of battery units, with each battery unit including one of the battery substrates with the associated active battery layer disposed thereon and being environmentally sealed by the film.

An energy storage device includes: a container; a terminal disposed outside the container or a current collector disposed inside the container; a conductive member penetrating the container and connected to the current collector or the terminal; and a fixing member joining the current collector or the terminal and the conductive member to each other.