Patent ID: 9543686
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H01M,H01R,Y02E

Claim:
1. A contact element for mechanically, thermally and electrically contacting a plurality of individual battery cells, comprising: a structural body which at least partially defines each of a plurality of accommodating spaces, each of the accommodating spaces for accommodating only a single one of the individual battery cells, wherein the structural body is configured for a force-fit connection with at least one subarea of each of the battery cells, and wherein the structural body is at least partially electrically conductive and at least partially thermally conductive, and wherein the structural body has head sections for an upper rest of each of the battery cells and each of the head sections having at least one respective first side leg extending therefrom, each of the at least one respective first side legs being bent inward into one of the accommodation spaces.