IP Library Granted Patent US 11,721,874
Granted Patent B2
US 11,721,874 · App. 16/954,789 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Bus bar assembly

Inventors: Doo Han Yoon (Daejeon, KR); Jong Woon Choi (Daejeon, KR); Jae Hun Yang (Daejeon, KR)
H01M50/502H01M10/48H01M50/211H01M50/50H01M50/569H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,721,874
App. No.
16/954,789
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bus bar assembly includes a frame, a plurality of sensing bus bars integrally provided on the frame, an inter bus bar configured to connect any one pair of sensing bus bars, among the plurality of sensing bus bars, to each other, and a terminal bus bar configured to connect any one of the plurality of sensing bus bars to an external terminal.

Claims (14)

1. A bus bar assembly comprising:

a first type frame having a plurality of through-holes including a single through-hole, through which two electrode leads of a plurality of battery cells extend together;

a second type frame having a plurality of through-holes including two through-holes, through which two electrode leads of a plurality of battery cells extend, respectively;

wherein one of the first and second type frame is an assembly frame;

a plurality of sensing bus bars integrally formed on the assembly frame by adding a material constituting the assembly frame to the plurality of sensing bus bars;

an inter bus bar configured to connect any one pair of sensing bus bars, among the plurality of sensing bus bars, to each other, wherein the inter bus is not integrally formed on the assembly frame; and

a terminal bus bar configured to connect any one of the plurality of sensing bus bars to an external terminal, wherein the terminal bus bar is not integrally formed on the assembly frame,

wherein in the first type frame, the single through-hole is formed between any one pair of sensing bus bars, among the plurality of sensing bus bars, and

wherein in the second type frame, the two through-holes are formed between any one pair of sensing bus bars, among the plurality of sensing bus bars.

2. The bus bar assembly according to claim 1 , wherein each sensing bus bar of the plurality of sensing bus bars is formed in a straight shape and has two contact points.

3. The bus bar assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the inter bus bar is formed in a straight shape and has two contact points connected respectively to contact points of any one pair of sensing bus bars, among the plurality of sensing bus bars.

4. The bus bar assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the terminal bus bar is formed in a bent shape and has two contact points connected respectively to one of the two contact points of one of the plurality of sensing bus bars and to the external terminal.

5. A battery module having a plurality of battery cells and the bus bar assembly according to claim 1 .

6. A battery pack comprising a battery module having a plurality of battery cells and the bus bar assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2020
From: YOON, DOO HAN; CHOI, JONG WOON; YANG, JAE HUN
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052977/0584 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0087149 · Jul 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210091350A1 · Mar 25, 2021