Scott A Cross

US Patent:

20160380252, Dec 29, 2016

Filed:

May 23, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/161350

Inventors:

- Berwyn PA, US
Andre Guanco - Royal Oak MI, US
Eric Shields - High Point NC, US
Jeremy Patterson - Winston-Salem NC, US
Scott Cross - Clemmons NC, US

International Classification:

H01M 2/26
H01M 10/42
H01M 10/48
H01M 2/30
H01M 2/10
H01M 2/20

Abstract:

A cover assembly for a battery module is configured to be coupled to battery cells that are arranged side-by-side in a stacked configuration. The cover assembly includes a housing, a plurality of bus bars, and an electrical cable. The bus bars are held by the housing and are configured to electrically connect to corresponding positive and negative cell terminals of the battery cells to electrically connect adjacent battery cells. The cable extends across the bus bars and is electrically connected to each of the bus bars to monitor voltages across the battery cells. The cable includes plural electrical conductors and a dielectric insulator that surrounds and electrically isolates the conductors. The conductors include exposed segments exposed through the dielectric insulator that are electrically connected to corresponding bus bars via a bonding layer applied between the exposed segment and the corresponding bus bar.