Patent ID: 6372377
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A battery module, said battery module including:a plurality of individual batteries; a plurality of electrical interconnects, said interconnects electrically interconnecting the individual batteries of said module to one another and providing means for electrically interconnecting separate battery modules to one another; and a battery module bundling/compression means, said batteries being bound together within said bundling/compression means such that said plurality of batteries are secure and do not move or dislodge when subjected to the mechanical vibrations of transport or use; said batteries being bound within said bundling/compression means under external mechanical compression, wherein said external mechanical compression is optimized to balance outward pressure due to expansion of the of the battery components and provide additional inward compression on the battery electrodes within each battery to reduce the distance between the positive and negative electrodes, thereby increasing overall battery power by optimally reducing the internal resistance thereof.