Patent ID: 8361647
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A battery module comprising: a pair of adjacent battery cells arranged in a stack, each of the adjacent battery cells including a tab extending therefrom, each of the tabs including a major portion and a flexible root portion, the flexible root portion disposed between the major portion of the tab and the battery cell from which the tab extends; a pair of rigid support plates, one of the rigid support plates coupled to each of the tabs, a first surface of the rigid support plate abutting the major portion of the tab, the rigid support plate not covering the flexible root portion of the tab, the rigid support plate further including a key protruding from a second surface thereof, the second surface disposed opposite the first surface; and a busbar including sockets with apertures formed therein, the sockets receiving the tabs of the pair of adjacent battery cells in the apertures, the busbar electrically coupling the adjacent battery cells.