Patent ID: 11916203
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A method of assembling a battery pack, the battery pack including an outer housing, a cell module including a module housing, at least one battery cell, a controller, a conductive strap electrically connected to the at least one battery cell, a weld strap connected between the controller and the conductive strap, and a terminal block including a terminal electrically connected to the at least one battery cell and operable to connect the at least one battery cell to an electrical device for power transfer, the method comprising:
assembling components of the cell module;
connecting the terminal block to the cell module, wherein the terminal block includes a female terminal having opposing contact surfaces operable to engage opposite faces of a mating male terminal of the electrical device;
applying a vapor-deposited coating to the terminal block, wherein, during applying, inhibiting application of vapor-deposited coating to the opposing contact surfaces via engagement of the opposing contact surfaces, wherein the opposing contact surfaces are in contact with each other during vapor-deposited coating;
applying the vapor-deposited coating to at least one of the conductive strap and the weld strap; and
mounting the cell module relative to the outer housing after applying the vapor-deposited coating to at least one of the conductive strap and the weld strap.