Patent ID: 9225035
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A battery module comprising: a plurality of pouch type unit cells, stacked linearly, cell terminals of the cells being arranged in two rows and interconnected; a plurality of bus bars, interconnect the two rows; a slotted insulating panel, interposed horizontally between the unit cells and the bus bars, the panel being slotted to accommodate the cell terminals, the cell terminals being bent at right angles so as to provide a substantial contact surface between the cell terminals and the bus bars, and the cell terminals being soldered to the bus bars; and a thermally conductive epoxy, encapsulating the unit cells, wherein outer flanges of the unit cells are bent at an angle and each outer flange overlies a next outer flange, such that an outer wall of the thermally conductive epoxy is relatively flat.