US 12,074,343 B2
Battery cell connector
Oliver Scharkowski, Cottbus (DE)
Assigned to Auto-Kabel Management GmbH, Hausen i.W. (DE)
Appl. No. 17/056,799
Filed by Auto-Kabel Management GmbH, Hausen i.W. (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/054433
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/223912, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 112 313.2 (DE), filed on May 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0126322 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/528 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/522 (2021.01); H01M 50/526 (2021.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/528 (2021.01) [H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/522 (2021.01); H01M 50/526 (2021.01); H01R 4/48 (2013.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Battery cell connector comprising:
a battery terminal clamp having a first leg and an opposing second leg and a transition area connecting the first and second legs to each other,
wherein the terminal clamp is hook shaped in a longitudinal section, with a receiving area arranged to clampingly receive a flat part through an opening spanned by the legs, the opening being opposite from the transition area,
wherein the terminal clamp is bimetallic, wherein the first leg includes an electrical connection area made from a first metal material and wherein at least the second leg and the transition area is made from a second metal material different from the first metal material,
wherein the electrical connection area is arranged for connecting to one terminal of a battery cell in a material bond,
wherein the second metal material is a spring steel, and
wherein the second metal material is butt-jointed to the first metal material.