Patent ID: 8932745
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting cell outgoing conductors, wherein a first cell has a first cell outgoing conductor that exits at an exit point and a second cell has a second cell outgoing conductor that exits at an exit point; wherein each of the first and second cell outgoing conductors has an end section with an upper boundary and a lower boundary, and the end section is located in each case remote from the exit point of the respective cell outgoing conductor, and wherein the lower boundary is closer to the exit point than the upper boundary; the method which comprises the following steps: arranging the first and the second cell such that the first and second cell outgoing conductors extend in a direction of a first axis and are at a mutually spaced disposition; positioning a first component of a connecting apparatus against the first cell outgoing conductor, the first component being capable of moving in a direction of a second axis; and positioning a second component of the connecting apparatus against the second cell outgoing conductor, with the first and second cell outgoing conductors positioned, as seen along the second axis, between the first and second components; ensuring that a bending aid is positioned between the first and second cell outgoing conductors at least while performing a portion of a step of pushing the first cell outgoing conductor in a direction towards the second cell outgoing conductor with the first component and in pushing the second cell outgoing conductor in a direction towards the first cell outgoing conductor by moving the second component or by moving the first and second cells in the direction towards the second component, whereby the first and second cell outgoing conductors are bent at the respective exit point; and removing the bending aid from between the first and second cell outgoing conductors and subsequently producing a connection between the first and second cell outgoing conductors by pushing the end sections against each other by way of the first and second components while subjecting the end sections to energy, and, during the process of connecting the end sections, forming a bend in the first and second cell outgoing conductors at the respective lower boundary.