Patent ID: 11870165
Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A battery module, comprising:
a first battery cell having an electrically conductive first male terminal;
a second battery cell having an electrically conductive second male terminal;
nonconductive first and second terminal caps configured to at least partially surround the first and second male terminals, the first and second terminal cap each having a perimeter wall configured to circumscribe at least a portion of the first and second male terminals to provide a gap exposing the first and second male terminals, the first and second terminal cap each include a first attachment feature;
a bus bar having a first female terminal arranged on a first end of the bus bar and a second female terminal arranged at a second end of the bus bar, wherein the first female terminal encloses three sides of the first end and the second female terminal encloses three sides of the second end, wherein the first and second female terminals receive the first and second male terminals through openings proximate a fourth side of the first and seconds ends, respectively, when in an assembled condition, wherein the first end is laterally offset from the second end such that the first end of the bus bar is in direct contact with one side of the first male terminal and the second end of the bus bar is in direct contact with an opposite side of the second male terminal; and
a nonconductive shroud enclosing the bus bar, wherein the shroud includes second attachment features removably engaging the first attachment feature of the first and second terminal caps in the assembled condition to secure the shroud to the first and second terminal caps.