US 12,327,883 B2
Battery pack connector
Seokryun Park, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,511.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0012590 (KR), filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0238660 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01R 12/77 (2011.01)
CPC H01M 50/503 (2021.01) [H01R 12/771 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector of a battery pack, the connector comprising:
a plating portion;
first pads arranged on the plating portion at a first end of the connector, the first pads being spaced apart from each other along a first direction; and
second pads arranged on the plating portion at a second end of the connector, the second end being opposite the first end along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the second pads being spaced apart from each other along the first direction,
wherein the first pads are in contact with each of first and second open portions on the plating portion, the first and second open portions being spaced apart from each other along the first direction and positioned at respective opposite edges of the first pads, and
wherein the second pads are in contact with each of third and fourth open portions, the third and fourth open portions being external to the plating portion and positioned at respective opposite edges of the second pads.