US 11,888,179 B2
Battery connection module
Sheau Noan Cheong, Jurong Town (SG); Han Guan Tan, Jurong Town (SG); Yong Lin, ChengDu (CN); and Yun-Jin Li, ChengDu (CN)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/352,404.
Claims priority of application No. 202010636564.X (CN), filed on Jul. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006160 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01); H01M 50/545 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/507 (2021.01) [H01M 50/519 (2021.01); H01M 50/545 (2021.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery connection module, comprising:
an insulative carrying tray;
a plurality of conductive busbars extending along a first direction and provided on the carrying tray; and
a flexible circuit board extending along the first direction and provided on the carrying tray, the plurality of busbars being adjacent to the flexible circuit board and being adjacent to each other, and each busbar having a notch which is open to a side of the flexible circuit board and a notch side plate portion which is positioned alongside the notch and defines an end of the notch, the flexible circuit board having a plurality of bending arms, each of which integrally extends outward from the flexible circuit board, wherein respective bending arms are positioned in the notch of the respective busbar and a tip of the respective bending arm which extends along the first direction is electrically connected to the notch side plate portion of the respective busbar.
 
8. A battery connection module, comprising:
an insulative carrying tray defining a busbar mounting portion;
a plurality of conductive busbars provided on the busbar mounting portion of the carrying tray;
a circuit board provided on the carrying tray and electrically connected to the plurality of busbars; and
an output connection port comprising an insulative output-end seat, a conductive output-end busbar, an output connection piece and an insulative base, the insulative output-end seat being formed integrally with the insulative carrying tray, the output-end busbar having a battery connection portion which is assembled on the busbar mounting portion of the carrying tray and an output connection piece mounting portion which is positioned at the output-end seat, the battery connection portion being electrically connected to the circuit board, the output connection piece being provided on the output connection piece mounting portion and electrically connected thereto, the insulative base integrally having a rear holding portion, a front holding portion and a mating base which is positioned between the rear holding portion and the front holding portion and receives the output connection piece, the rear holding portion of the insulative base being held between the output-end seat and the busbar mounting portion, and the front holding portion of the insulative base being held on the output-end seat.
 
15. A battery connection module, comprising:
an insulative carrying tray integrally formed with a connector box at an end thereof, the connector box comprising a bottom wall extending along a first direction, two side walls extending along the first direction, and an inner side wall extending along a second direction, the bottom wall and the two side walls together defining an outer side opening, the two side walls and the inner side wall together defining an upper opening;
a plurality of conductive busbars provided on the carrying tray;
a circuit board provided on the carrying tray and extending along the first direction, the circuit board being electrically connected to the plurality of busbars; and
a connector mechanically and electrically coupled to an end of the circuit board and including a connector housing comprising walls forming a connecting hole and a plurality of conductive terminals extending into the connecting hole, wherein the connector seats within the connector box through the upper opening;
a first holding structure provided between the connector housing and the two upstanding side walls of the connector box, wherein during insertion of the connector housing into the connector box the first holding structure allows for movement of the connector housing relative to the connector box along a down direction through the upper opening while preventing movement of the connector housing relative to the connector box along the first direction toward the outer side opening; and
a second holding structure provided between the connector housing and the walls of the connector box, the second holding structure preventing movement of the connector housing relative to the connector box along an up direction through the upper opening when engaged.