IP Library Granted Patent US 12,418,076
Granted Patent B2
US 12,418,076 · App. 17/436,998 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Device for making releasable contact with a battery cell

Inventors: Gerhard Waldschütz (Freistadt, AT); Wolfgang Schmudermaier (Eisgarn, AT); Florian Drexler (Freistadt, AT); Peter Dobusch (Grünbach, AT)
H01M50/503A43B3/40H01M50/213
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Patent No.
US 12,418,076
App. No.
17/436,998
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device is described for detachable contacting of a battery cell ( 4 ) having a cell receptacle open against a joining direction ( 2 ), which cell receptacle is delimited by a contact spring base ( 1 ), from which contact tongues ( 3 ) protrude against the joining direction ( 2 ) for the jacket-side enclosure of the battery cell ( 4 ). To propose a device for detachable contacting of a battery cell ( 4 ), which enables a reliable electrical connection independently of the relative location of the inserted battery cells and substantially independently of their diameter even in the event of periodic mechanical strains, without making the assembling procedure more difficult, it is proposed that the contact tongues ( 3 ) have contact bodies ( 5 ) protruding radially into the cell receptacle in the form of a cut ovoid.

Claims (18)

1. A device for detachable contact with a battery cell, having said device comprising:

a cell receptacle having an opening facing a joining direction,

said cell receptacle being delimited by a contact spring base from which contact tongues protrude in a direction opposite to the joining direction so as to form a jacket-side enclosure of the battery cell,

wherein the contact tongues have contact bodies providing detachable engagement contact with the battery cell and protruding radially into the cell receptacle;

wherein the surfaces of the contact bodies each have respective surfaces with a contact surface providing electrical contact with the battery cell;

said surfaces of the contact bodies having a shape corresponding to a portion of an ovoid shape that is convex toward the cell receptacle, and wherein the surfaces extend away from the associated contact surfaces, curving away from the battery cell in all directions.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact bodies are pressed out of the contact tongues.

3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the contact spring base has an edge that is bent up so as to form a standing seam to which the contact tongues adjoin.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the contact tongues have a cross-section in a plane extending in the joining direction that is convexly curved toward the cell receptacle, and wherein the contact bodies are each arranged in a region of a convex curvature vertex of the respective contact tongue.

5. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the contact bodies are in a form of a hemisphere that is convex toward the battery cell.

6. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the contact tongues have a cross-section in a plane extending in the joining direction that is convexly curved toward the cell receptacle, and wherein the contact bodies are each arranged in a region of a curvature vertex of the respective contact tongue.

7. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the contact bodies are in a form of a hemisphere that is convex toward the battery cell.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact spring base has an edge that is bent up so as to form a standing seam to which the contact tongues adjoin.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the contact tongues have a cross-section in a plane extending in the joining direction that is convexly curved toward the cell receptacle, and wherein the contact bodies are each arranged in a region of a curvature vertex of the respective contact tongue.

10. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the contact bodies are in a form of a hemisphere that is convex toward the battery cell.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact tongues have a cross-section in a plane extending in the joining direction that is convexly curved toward the cell receptacle, and wherein the contact bodies are each arranged in a region of a curvature vertex of the respective contact tongue.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the contact bodies are in a form of a hemisphere that is convex toward the battery cell.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact bodies are in a form of a hemisphere that is convex toward the battery cell.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: KREISEL ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG.
To: JOHN DEERE ELECTRIC POWERTRAIN LLC
Reel/Frame 063367/0229 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: RAIFFEISENLANDESBANK OBERÖSTERREICH AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: KREISEL ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG.
Reel/Frame 060336/0759 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 50187/2019 · Mar 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220181753A1 · Jun 9, 2022
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