Battery module
The present disclosure provides a battery module. The battery module includes a plurality of secondary batteries stacked along a thickness direction, a top of each secondary battery being provided with an electrode terminal; and a connecting component provided at the top of the secondary battery, the connecting component being connected to at least two electrode terminals for electrically connecting at least two secondary batteries. The connecting component includes a first fixed connecting piece and a second fixed connecting piece, and along an extending direction of the connecting component, the first fixed connecting piece matches and is engaged with the second fixed connecting piece. The present disclosure solves the problem of the unreliable connection between the connecting component and the electrode terminal.
1. A battery module, comprising: a plurality of secondary batteries stacked along a thickness direction, a top of each of the plurality of secondary batteries being provided with an electrode terminal; and a connecting component provided at the top of the plurality of secondary batteries, the connecting component being connected to at least two electrode terminals for electrically connecting at least two secondary batteries of the plurality of secondary batteries, wherein the connecting component comprises a first fixed connecting piece and a second fixed connecting piece, and along an extending direction of the connecting component, the first fixed connecting piece matches and is engaged with the second fixed connecting piece; wherein an edge of the first fixed connecting piece is provided with a recess, and an edge of the second fixed connecting piece is provided with a protrusion for engaging with the recess; wherein the recess comprises two inner side walls and a bottom wall connecting the two inner side walls, the protrusion comprises two outer side walls and a top wall connecting the two outer side walls, and the inner side walls are in contact with and match the outer side walls;
wherein a distance between the two inner side walls gradually decreases in a direction facing away from the bottom wall, and a distance between the two outer side walls gradually decreases in a direction facing away from the top wall; and wherein the inner side walls are engaged with the outer side walls through a tooth structure, which is configured with each of the two inner walls having a first set of teeth, and each of the two outer walls having a second set of teeth that are engaged with the first set of teeth of a respective one of the two inner side walls; and wherein the recess is a dovetail slot, and the protrusion is a dovetail block matching the dovetail slot.
2. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the second fixed connecting piece comprises a transitional connecting piece and a third fixed connecting piece, the protrusion is formed on the transitional connecting piece, and the transitional connecting piece connects the first fixed connecting piece with the third fixed connecting piece.
3. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein the recess penetrates the first fixed connecting piece in a thickness direction of the first fixed connecting piece, and the protrusion has a same thickness as the second fixed connecting piece.
4. The battery module according to claim 1 , wherein a gap is formed between the bottom wall and the top wall.
5. The battery module according to claim 4 , wherein the gap is located at a top of the electrode terminal, and does not exceed an edge of the electrode terminal.