US 12,444,811 B2
Battery module, battery group, power consumption device, and failure handling method
Rongcai Chen, Ningde (CN); Huihui Shangguan, Ningde (CN); and Di Zhou, Ningde (CN)
Assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed by CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED, Hong Kong (CN)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/565,911.
Application 17/565,911 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/135945, filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 202010265750.7 (CN), filed on Apr. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0123440 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/51 (2021.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 50/574 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/51 (2021.01) [H01M 10/4207 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 50/574 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module, comprising:
a plurality of battery units configured to be serially-connected, wherein the plurality of battery units comprises a failed battery unit and at least one non-failed battery unit adjacent to the failed battery unit after the battery module fails;
a first connecting plate configured to physically connect the failed battery unit to the at least one non-failed battery unit; and
a conductive component configured to be electrically connected to a top cover of the failed battery unit;
wherein one of the first connecting plate and the conductive component is provided with a mating portion, and the other of the first connecting plate and the conductive component is provided with a recessed portion configured to be connected to the corresponding mating portion in a mating manner, wherein the mating portion is configured to be connected to the recessed portion so that the battery module resumes working.