Patent ID: 11901532
Assignee: VLTRU SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A battery module, comprising:
a first plate in contact with a first battery cell from among a plurality of battery cells;
a second plate in contact with a second battery cell from among the plurality of battery cells, the second plate and the second battery cell being different from the first plate and the first battery cell, respectively; and
a sensor configured to detect movement of the first plate or movement of the second plate caused by expansion of the first battery cell or the second battery cell, respectively, the sensor comprising:
a flexible section configured to expand or to compress in response to the movement of the first plate or the movement of the second plate, and
at least one strain gauge, attached to the flexible section, configured to detect the expanding or the compressing of the flexible section caused by the movement of the first plate or the movement of the second plate.