US 11,923,514 B2
Arrangements for inhibiting intrusion into battery pack electrical components
James P. Elfering, Antioch, IL (US); Cameron R. Schulz, Milwaukee, WI (US); Ryan B. Jipp, Brookfield, WI (US); Samuel Sheeks, Germantown, WI (US); Kyle J. Radovich, West Bend, WI (US); and Michael Kolden, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/202,782.
Application 17/202,782 is a continuation of application No. 15/974,151, filed on May 8, 2018, granted, now 10,950,912, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/638,698, filed on Mar. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/586,832, filed on Nov. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/569,207, filed on Oct. 6, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/526,298, filed on Jun. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/523,623, filed on Jun. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/519,722, filed on Jun. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0203027 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/509 (2021.01); H01M 50/516 (2021.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/425 (2013.01) [H01M 10/4257 (2013.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/509 (2021.01); H01M 50/516 (2021.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack comprising:
an outer housing; and
a cell module mounted relative to the outer housing, the cell module including:
a plurality of battery cells,
a first conductive element electrically coupling a first plurality of pairs of the plurality of battery cells,
a second conductive element adjacent to the first conductive element and electrically coupling a second plurality of pairs of the plurality of battery cells, there being a voltage differential between the first conductive element and the second conductive element, the first conductive element being spaced from the second conductive element by a distance equivalent to between 0.6 millimeters (mm) per volt of the voltage differential and 1.2 mm per volt of the voltage differential.