Patent ID: 9440601
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B60L,B60R,G01R,H01H,H01M,H01R,H02H,H02J,H05K,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A battery module, comprising: a housing; a plurality of battery cells disposed in the housing; a printed circuit board disposed above the plurality of battery cells, wherein the printed circuit board comprises voltage sensing circuitry; a plurality of bus bar cell interconnect assemblies each configured to directly contact and electrically couple adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells; and a plurality of voltage sense connection tabs each comprising a first end mounted to the printed circuit board and a second end directly coupled to a plate contact end of a respective bus bar cell interconnect assembly of the plurality of bus bar cell interconnect assemblies via a weld, wherein each of the plurality of voltage sense connection tabs is configured to carry a voltage between the respective bus bar cell interconnect assembly and the voltage sensing circuitry on the printed circuit board, and wherein each of the plurality of voltage sense connection tabs comprises an arced portion between the first end and the second end.