	US 11,728,527 B2
	Battery pack including battery cells connected to a printed circuit board substrate via first and second electrode tabs
Jihwan Seol, Yongin-si (KR); Nohyun Kwag, Yongin-si (KR); Sanghoon Bae, Yongin-si (KR); and Jooyul Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/857,619.
Application 16/857,619 is a continuation of application No. 16/017,946, filed on Jun. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,720,616.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0122874 (KR), filed on Sep. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0251702 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01); H01M 50/548 (2021.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 50/559 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/536 (2021.01); H01M 50/533 (2021.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01)

CPC H01M 10/441 (2013.01) [H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01); H01M 50/533 (2021.01); H01M 50/536 (2021.01); H01M 50/548 (2021.01); H01M 50/559 (2021.01); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)]

19 Claims

1. A battery pack comprising:

a plurality of battery cells;

a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells and comprising first and second surfaces opposite each other; and

first and second electrode tabs electrically connecting a respective battery cell of the plurality of battery cells to the PCB substrate, the first and second electrode tabs being respectively connected to conductive pads having different polarities and located on the first surface of the PCB substrate,

wherein the first and second electrode tabs respectively comprise:

first and second coupling portions respectively coupled to first and second electrodes of the respective battery cell;

first and second conductive portions extending from the first and second coupling portions toward the PCB substrate and respectively connected to the conductive pads having different polarities; and

first and second fixing portions extending from the first and second coupling portions and respectively coupled to different isolated pads of the PCB substrate.