Patent ID: 8173294
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H01M,H01R,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A modular battery comprising: a housing, a first planar battery cell including a plurality of first electrodes, one of the first electrodes having a first planar electrode surface, a second planar battery cell including a plurality of second electrodes, one of the second electrodes having a second planar electrode surface, and an interconnector disposed between the first planar electrode surface and the second planar electrode surface and electrically connecting the first and second planar electrode surfaces, side peripheries of the interconnector, the first planar battery cell and second planar battery cell being electrically insulated from the housing, the interconnector being positioned parallel to the first planar electrode surface and the second planar electrode surface so as to space the first electrodes from the second electrodes, wherein the plurality of first electrodes includes a plurality of first positive electrodes and a plurality of first negative electrodes, the first positive electrodes being electrically and physically connected to each other at a first longitudinal end of the first planar battery cell, the first negative electrodes being electrically and physically connected to each other at a second longitudinal end of the first planar battery cell, the interconnector extending in a longitudinal direction along the first planar electrode surface from the first longitudinal end to the second longitudinal end.