US 12,469,934 B2
Battery module having a sensor welding tab
Richard M. DeKeuster, Racine, WI (US); Xugang Zhang, Shorewood, WI (US); Abed Al Fattah Isam Shafie, Glendale, WI (US); Christopher M. Bonin, South Milwaukee, WI (US); John P. Dinkelman, South Milwaukee, WI (US); and Jennifer L. Czarnecki, Franklin, WI (US)
Assigned to CPS Technology Holdings LLC, New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/430,947
Filed by CPS TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC, New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/018310
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/168206, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/806,387, filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131202 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/519 (2021.01) [H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A battery module, comprising:
a plurality of electrochemical cells including a first electrochemical cell having a terminal end;
a bus bar carrier configured to interface bus bars with terminals of the plurality of electrochemical cells;
a flex circuit disposed on the bus bar carrier;
a window provided on the bus bar carrier and configured to enable the flex circuit physical access to the first electrochemical cell; and
a temperature sensor welding tab of the flex circuit, wherein the temperature sensor welding tab comprises a temperature sensor, a circuit engagement region coupled to the flex circuit, a welding region coupled to the terminal end of the first electrochemical cell, and a transverse region extending through the window of the bus bar carrier and between the circuit engagement region and the welding region.