Device for connecting battery module electrode terminal and terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9515431-B2
Application number	US-201314416136-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 14, 2013
Priority date	Jul 23, 2012
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal capable of electrically connecting the electrode terminal and the terminal to each other by being press-fitted onto an outer side of the electrode terminal protruding outwardly of the battery module. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal includes a socket terminal inserted and closely adhered onto the outer side of the electrode terminal and a socket coupled and closely adhered onto an outer side of the socket terminal and coupled to the terminal, such that the electrode terminal and the terminal are electrically connected to each other by the socket terminal and the socket.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal comprising:
a socket terminal having a plurality of elastic contactors extendedly formed at one side of a cylindrical body thereof so as to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a circumferential direction and inserted onto and closely adhered to an outer side of the electrode terminal protruding from one side of the battery module; and
a socket enclosing an outer side of the socket terminal and coupled to the socket terminal so as to be closely adhered thereto and having the terminal coupled to one side thereof,
wherein the electrode terminal and the terminal are electrically connected to each other by the socket terminal and the socket, and
wherein the socket has hooking protrusions protruding on an inner peripheral surface thereof, and the socket terminal has a plurality of coupling holes formed in the body thereof, the hooking protrusions being inserted into and fixed to the coupling holes.

2. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 1 , wherein the socket terminal has bent parts formed by bending portions of the elastic contactors in a length direction toward the center, and the bent parts of the elastic contactors are closely adhered to an outer peripheral surface of the electrode terminal.

3. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 2 , wherein the electrode terminal has a protruding end formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof, and the socket terminal is inserted onto and coupled to the electrode terminal so that the bent parts of the elastic contactor are caught by the protruding end.

4. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 1 , wherein the socket has jaws formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof at an opposite side to a side at which the socket is inserted onto the electrode terminal, the jaws having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the body of the socket terminal.

5. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 4 , wherein the socket terminal has rotation preventing grooves formed at one side of the body thereof, the rotation preventing grooves having the jaws inserted and seated thereinto.

6. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 1 , wherein the socket has a vertical plate formed at one side of a cylindrical body thereof enclosing the outer side of the socket terminal and closely adhered to the outer side of the socket terminal, and the terminal is closely adhered and coupled to the vertical plate.

7. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 1 , further comprising a case coupled to the battery module to accommodate the socket, the socket terminal, and the terminal coupled to the electrode terminal therein and closely adhering the socket and the socket terminal to the electrode terminal in a direction in which the socket and the socket terminal are inserted onto the electrode terminal.

8. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 7 , wherein sliding guides and a hooking jaw are formed on a partition wall formed in the battery module, and a sliding groove corresponding to the sliding guides and an elastic hook hooked and fixed to the hooking jaw are formed in the case.

9. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 8 , wherein one side of an elastic plate of the elastic hook is fixed to the case and the other side thereof is extended in an opposite direction to a direction in which the case is coupled to the battery module to thereby be longer than the case and the partition wall, and the elastic plate has a protrusion part formed thereon to thereby be hooked and fixed to the hooking jaw of the partition wall.

10. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 7 , wherein the case has a fixing protrusion protruding at an inner side thereof, and the terminal has a cut part formed therein so as to correspond to the fixing protrusion, such that the terminal is closely adhered and fixed by the fixing protrusion.

11. An apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal comprising:
a socket terminal having a plurality of elastic contactors extendedly formed at one side of a cylindrical body thereof so as to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a circumferential direction and inserted onto and closely adhered to an outer side of the electrode terminal protruding from one side of the battery module; and
a socket enclosing an outer side of the socket terminal and coupled to the socket terminal so as to be closely adhered thereto and having the terminal coupled to one side thereof,
wherein the electrode terminal and the terminal are electrically connected to each other by the socket terminal and the socket, and
wherein the socket has jaws formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof at an opposite side to a side at which the socket is inserted onto the electrode terminal, the jaws having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the body of the socket terminal.

12. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 11 , wherein the socket terminal has rotation preventing grooves formed at one side of the body thereof, the rotation preventing grooves having the jaws inserted and seated thereinto.

13. An apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal comprising:
a socket terminal having a plurality of elastic contactors extendedly formed at one side of a cylindrical body thereof so as to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a circumferential direction and inserted onto and closely adhered to an outer side of the electrode terminal protruding from one side of the battery module;
a socket enclosing an outer side of the socket terminal and coupled to the socket terminal so as to be closely adhered thereto and having the terminal coupled to one side thereof; and
a case coupled to the battery module to accommodate the socket, the socket terminal, and the terminal coupled to the electrode terminal therein and closely adhering the socket and the socket terminal to the electrode terminal in a direction in which the socket and the socket terminal are inserted onto the electrode terminal,
wherein the electrode terminal and the terminal are electrically connected to each other by the socket terminal and the socket, and
wherein sliding guides and a hooking jaw are formed on a partition wall formed in the battery module, and a sliding groove corresponding to the sliding guides and an elastic hook hooked and fixed to the hooking jaw are formed in the case.

14. The apparatus for connecting between an electrode terminal of a battery module and a terminal of claim 13 , wherein one side of an elastic plate of the elastic hook is fixed to the case and the other side thereof is extended in an opposite direction to a direction in which the case is coupled to the battery module to thereby be longer than the case and the partition wall, and the elastic plate has a protrusion part formed thereon to thereby be hooked and fixed to the hooking jaw of the partiti

Assignees

• Sk Innovation Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sangyeon
• Lee Yun Nyoung

Classifications

• H01R13/501

  comprising an integral hinge or a frangible part · CPC title

• H01R13/20

  Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together · CPC title

• H01R13/187

  with spring member in the socket · CPC title

• H01R11/281 Primary

  for connections to batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/543 Primary

  Terminals · CPC title