Patent ID: 9160038
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A battery assembly for a vehicle comprising: a plurality of prismatic cells arranged and electrically interconnected to form a battery module, each cell having an associated positive terminal extending from the cell and an associated negative terminal extending from the cell; a plurality of heat transfer elements between and immediately adjacent to at least a majority of the cells; a first compression plate and a second compression plate positioned in generally parallel orientation to the cells and heat transfer elements and each disposed on an opposite side of the battery module relative to the other, the first and second compression plates connected with a plurality of fasteners that extend from the first compression plate to the second compression plate whereby the cells and heat transfer elements are compressed between the compression plates; and a first compression bar spaced apart from the first compression plate and the second compression plate, wherein a first heat transfer element of the plurality of heat transfer elements is positioned between a first cell of the plurality of prismatic cells and a second cell of the plurality of prismatic cells, the first compression bar coupling a terminal of the first cell with a terminal of the second cell.