US 12,438,238 B1
Inter-cell connection materials
Qingcheng Zeng, San Jose, CA (US); Tobias Zeilinger, Palo Alto, CA (US); Kenzo Nagai, Fremont, CA (US); and Donald G. Dafoe, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Stacked Energy, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Stacked Energy, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,100.
Application 17/659,100 is a division of application No. 16/108,498, filed on Aug. 22, 2018, granted, now 11,335,977.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/561,534, filed on Sep. 21, 2017.
Int. Cl. H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01)
CPC H01M 50/502 (2021.01) [H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0585 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stacked battery comprising:
a first battery cell comprising a cathode current collector;
a second battery cell disposed on the first battery cell, wherein the second battery cell comprises an anode current collector; and
an adhesive foil positioned between and electrically coupling the cathode current collector of the first battery cell with the anode current collector of the second battery cell,
wherein the adhesive foil comprises a metal material characterized by alternating sections including a set of first sections extending parallel to the anode current collector or the cathode current collector, and a set of second sections extending orthogonally to the anode current collector or the cathode current collector.