18887798. BATTERY MODULE WITH FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTOR (SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.)
BATTERY MODULE WITH FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTOR
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Inventor(s)
Martin Weinberger of Maria Saal (AT)
Michael Erhart of Seiersberg-Pirka (AT)
BATTERY MODULE WITH FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTOR
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18887798 titled 'BATTERY MODULE WITH FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTOR
Original Abstract Submitted
A battery module includes: a plurality of aligned battery cells having differently-oriented surfaces; a cell supervision circuit (CSC) configured to receive signals corresponding to the voltage and/or temperature of at least one of the battery cells; and a flexible interconnector comprising a strip-shaped flexible printed circuit (FPC). The FPC includes a first insulating main surface, a second insulating main surface opposite the first insulating main surface, and a plurality of thermally and/or electrically conducting lines between the first insulating main surface and the second insulating main surface. Each of the conducting lines has a contact portion exposed by a contact aperture in the first insulating main surface and/or in the second insulating main surface and a connecting portion for connection to the CSC, and the flexible interconnector wraps around the battery cells such that the contact portions contact the differently-oriented surfaces of the battery cells.