US 12,334,593 B2
Connecting assembly, battery module, apparatus, and method for manufacturing connecting assembly
Shubing You, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited, Changzhou (CN)
Filed by Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited, Jiangsu (CN)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/563,102.
Application 17/563,102 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/130907, filed on Nov. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 202010241356.X (CN), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0123439 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/509 (2021.01); H01M 50/593 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/509 (2021.01) [H01M 50/593 (2021.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connecting assembly for a battery module comprising two or more secondary batteries, wherein the connecting assembly comprises:
a connecting piece configured to be electrically connected with the two or more secondary batteries, the connecting piece comprising a connecting portion;
an insulating plate having an integrally modeled structure, wherein the connecting portion and the insulating plate are connected in a non-detachable manner to form an integral structure, and the insulating plate is configured to restrict movement of the connecting piece;
wherein the connecting portion comprises a receiving portion, the receiving portion is an embedding through hole extending along a thickness direction of the insulating plate, and the insulating plate comprises a protrusion penetrating through the receiving portion, and portions of the insulating plate located on upper and lower sides of the connecting portion are connected by the protrusion; and
wherein the insulating plate comprises a first region and a second region, a part of the second region is arranged as protruding from the first region, and the connecting portion is embedded inside the second region.