US 12,283,708 B2
Terminal protection device and battery module
Daohui Liu, Ningde (CN); Jihua Yao, Ningde (CN); Yangzhi Huang, Ningde (CN); Shengtian Cai, Ningde (CN); Sheng Shen, Ningde (CN); and Haidong Zhang, Ningde (CN)
Assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed by Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, Ningde (CN)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/210,658.
Application 18/210,658 is a continuation of application No. 17/539,224, filed on Dec. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,721,871.
Application 17/539,224 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/084341, filed on Apr. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201920823079.6 (CN), filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039110 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/296 (2021.01) [H01M 50/209 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal protection device for a battery module, comprising:
a base, comprising a bottom portion and a side plate connected to a peripheral side of the bottom portion, the side plate defining a receiving cavity together with the bottom portion and being provided with an input port through which an output terminal passes, and the input port being in communication with the receiving cavity,
wherein the side plate is provided with an access port, the access port is in communication with the receiving cavity so that an external electrical connector is able to pass through the access port and be connected with the output terminal, and the protection plate is disposed to detachably cover the access port,
wherein the terminal protection device further comprises a top cover for covering an opening of the receiving cavity, the opening is disposed oppositely to the bottom portion and in communication with the access port, the protection plate is disposed within the access port of the side plate, is separately formed from the top cover, and is configured to be slidably movable with respect to the side plate.