Patent ID: 9520587
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A battery module comprising: a housing having an opening; a plurality of electrochemical cells disposed in the housing, wherein the plurality of electrochemical cells have electrode terminals; a carrier defined by an outside boundary and coupled to the plurality of electrochemical cells, wherein the carrier comprises recesses having different orientations, and wherein the outside boundary of the carrier and the housing are in a nested arrangement; and a bus bar assembly disposed on the carrier, the bus bar assembly comprising bus bars that electrically couple the electrode terminal of one of the plurality of electrochemical cells to a respective electrode terminal of another one of the plurality of electrochemical cells, and wherein the bus bars are positioned within the recesses of the carrier such that the different orientations of the recesses cause the bus bars to place the electrochemical cells in a predetermined electrical arrangement.