US 11,777,153 B2
Thermal and electrical management of battery packs
Weston Arthur Hermann, Palo Alto, PA (US); David E. Berkstresser, Los Gatos, CA (US); Stuart D. Barter, Amherst, NH (US); and Phillip John Weicker, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to QUANTUMSCAPE BATTERY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by QUANTUMSCAPE BATTERY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/229,666.
Application 17/229,666 is a continuation of application No. 14/913,074, granted, now 11,011,783, previously published as PCT/US2014/061761, filed on Oct. 22, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/895,553, filed on Oct. 25, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0376395 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/6571 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01); H01M 50/522 (2021.01); H01M 50/176 (2021.01); H01M 50/553 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/562 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/229 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/627 (2014.01); H01M 50/536 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/4257 (2013.01) [H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/627 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 10/6571 (2015.04); H01M 50/176 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/229 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/522 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/553 (2021.01); H01M 50/562 (2021.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01); H01M 50/536 (2021.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01); H01M 2220/10 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interface module comprising:
two or more bus bars,
wherein each of the two or more bus bars comprises an electrically conductive material; and
a base,
wherein the base comprises an electrically insulating material and mechanically supports the two or more bus bars,
wherein the two or more bus bars are configured to electrically interconnect a plurality of electrochemical cells arranged between two end frames,
wherein the interface module is substantially orthogonal to the end frames,
wherein the electrochemical cells have terminals positioned on their top cover, and wherein the interface module extends parallel to the top cover and is electrically connected to the terminals,
and
wherein the interface module has a substantially planar shape;
wherein the electrically insulating material of the base is thermally conductive with a thermal conductivity between 2 W/m-K and 100 W/m-K.