Patent ID: 9705123
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A battery pack, comprising: a plurality of batteries, wherein each battery of said plurality of batteries comprises a first terminal and a second terminal; a battery pack enclosure configured to house said plurality of batteries; a first set of interconnects electrically connecting said first and second terminals of said plurality of batteries to a load; a primary electrically conductive element, wherein a first end portion of said primary electrically conductive element is electrically connected to said first terminal of said each battery of said plurality of batteries, wherein a second end portion of said primary electrically conductive element is adjacent to a first surface of a region of said battery pack enclosure, and wherein said first end portion of said primary electrically conductive element is distal from said second end portion of said primary electrically conductive element; a plurality of secondary electrically conductive elements, wherein each of said plurality of secondary electrically conductive elements corresponds to one of said plurality of batteries, wherein a first end portion of each of said plurality of secondary electrically conductive elements is electrically connected to said second terminal of said corresponding one of said plurality of batteries, wherein a second end portion of each of said plurality of secondary electrically conductive elements is proximate to said corresponding one of said plurality of batteries, wherein said second end portion of each of said plurality of secondary electrically conductive elements is adjacent to a second surface of said region of said battery pack enclosure, and wherein said first end portion of each of said plurality of secondary electrically conductive elements is distal from said second end portion of said each of said plurality of secondary electrically conductive elements; and a layer of an electrically insulative material interposed between said second end portion of said primary electrically conductive element and said second end portion of each of said plurality of secondary electrically conductive elements, wherein an electrically conductive object will short out said corresponding one of said plurality of batteries if said electrically conductive object passes through said battery pack enclosure and electrically connects said second end portion of said primary electrically conductive element to said second end portion of said corresponding secondary electrically conductive element.