US 12,142,774 B2
Terminal cover
Richard M. DeKeuster, Racine, WI (US); and Xugang Zhang, Shorewood, WI (US)
Assigned to CPS Technology Holdings LLC, New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/428,870
Filed by CPS Technology Holdings LLC, New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/017207
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/163712, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/803,008, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0109205 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/147 (2021.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/147 (2021.01) [H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery system, comprising:
a battery module comprising a housing;
a battery terminal disposed on a mount on a first side of the housing of the battery module, wherein the mount comprises a wall coupled to the housing, and wherein the wall comprises an opening; and
a cover disposed on the housing, wherein the cover comprises a battery terminal cover extending from the cover and configured to adjust between a first position and a second position, wherein the battery terminal cover comprises a cap, terminal cover walls extending from the cap, and a clip extending from the cap, wherein the battery terminal cover, in the first position, is configured to at least partially shroud the battery terminal, and wherein the battery terminal cover, in the second position, is configured to expose the battery terminal, and wherein the wall of the mount extends beyond a surface of the cap of the battery terminal cover when the battery terminal cover is in the first position.