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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123565 | External electrical connectors for solar modules Provided are low profile, water-resistant and touch safe electrical connectors for solar modules. According to various embodiments, the electrical connectors include a low-profile conductive stud, a low-profile sheath that surrounds the stud, and a socket to mate wi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8100723 | Battery contact springs A battery contact spring with a spring body manufactured as a flexible wire part is disclosed. The battery contact spring has a first contact head section for contacting a first battery; a second contact head section for contacting a second battery, and at least one... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8079875 | Battery connector with serpentine contacts A battery connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals, an insulating cover and a shell. A bottom surface of the insulating housing defines a plurality of terminal recesses for receiving the conductive terminals. The conductive termi... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8057262 | Battery connection and monitoring An electrical coupler for coupling a load to a plurality of power sources including positive and negative load connection points. These connection points include first and second positive power connection points and first and second negative power connection points.... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7963803 | Battery connector with board lock A battery connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts engaged into the insulating housing along a vertical direction and a pair board lock engaged into the insulating housing along a horizontal direction. The insulating housing includes a plura... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963802 | External electrical connectors for solar modules Provided are low profile, water-resistant and touch safe safe electrical connectors for solar modules. According to various embodiments, the electrical connectors include a low-profile conductive stud, a low-profile sheath that surrounds the stud, and a socket to ma... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7819700 | Terminal connection apparatus for battery cells having foil terminals A pressure connection apparatus includes a conductive spring member having first and second end portions that are curved, and first and second retaining members having curved pockets that are oppositely oriented for receiving the first and second curved ends of the ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7785150 | Battery connector A battery connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the insulating housing. The insulating housing defines a plurality of terminal recesses each extending longitudinally to penetrate through a bottom and a mating su... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7762848 | Interconnect device for battery cell assemblies An interconnect device for battery cell assemblies is provided. The interconnect device couples a first set of electrodes at a first polarity in series with a second set of electrodes at a second polarity in a battery module. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7736188 | Electrode connector containing plate and battery module employed with the same Disclosed herein are an electrode connector including a conductive wire and a plurality of plates mounted on the wire such that the plates can be electrically connected to electrodes of cells, wherein the plates are electrically connected to the wire in a structure ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7632150 | PCB with improved soldering holes and a battery set with the same A printed circuit board (PCB), which can be implemented on a battery set, having a plurality of soldering holes thereon. A soldering portion and a non-soldering portion are separately arranged around each of the soldering holes on both surfaces of the PCB. Each corr... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7611384 | Battery terminal connector A terminal connector includes a pair of spaced-apart connector units each having a connector plate, a pair of clamp arms extending from the connector plate, a clamp carried by the pair of clamp arms and a connecting cable attached to the clamp of each of the pair of... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7604507 | Battery interface assembly A battery interface assembly for a battery system includes a first end section and a second end section. The first end section provides a source voltage from battery modules of the battery system via a conductive bus bar. The battery interface assembly also includes... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7578702 | Battery cell interconnect system A flexible and adaptable battery cell interconnection system is provided for interconnecting a plurality of battery cells. The battery cell interconnect system, includes a conductive interconnect having a first termination end and second termination end, the first t... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7563137 | Mechanical fastener for coupling to electrical terminals of battery modules and method for coupling to electrical terminals A mechanical fastener for coupling to electrical terminals of battery modules and a method for coupling to the electrical terminals are provided. The mechanical fastener includes a trapezoidal-shaped plate and a cover portion. The cover portion is disposed over the ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7556533 | Rechargeable battery module capable of managing the variation of intervals between unit batteries A rechargeable battery module includes a plurality of unit batteries, a connecting member, and a fixing member. The unit batteries are arranged in a housing and include a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The connecting member couples a terminal of a unit b... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7547233 | Capacitor unit A capacitor unit is provided, which has a long lifetime and is free from maintenance when it is used as an emergency power supply of electronic control braking system, etc. and in which weight load is not applied to a circuit board, high reliability in use under har... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7507124 | Secondary battery module A secondary battery module includes a plurality of unit cells, and a connector electrically connecting the unit cells to each other. The connector has a surface contact portion, and the shape of the surface contact portion corresponds to the shape of terminals of th... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7479040 | Battery module A battery module combines a plurality of a unit cells mounted into a cap structure. The cap structure includes a circuit electrically connecting the unit cells. ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7381093 | Covered snap-fit terminals for connecting storage cells together An electric connector of the snap-in-fitting system comprises a couple of male and female connector members both made of an electrically-conductive material. The female connector member has a female engaging part or outer ring part for snap-in-fitting and the male c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7341479 | Protective cover for fastened electrical connectors A protective cover for securely housing at least one fastened electrical connector therein is provided. The protective cover comprises a top section and a bottom section moveably connected to one another, with the cover having a plurality of portals therein for rece... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7294020 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical terminal for electrical connections formed from a metal stamping and including a coil spring interface. Broadly, the inventive electrical terminal includes a female terminal body having at least one opening for receiving ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270576 | Modular battery with connector interconnecting terminals of adjacent unit cells The present invention provides a battery module including a plurality of a unit cell having a terminal and a connection member, whose both ends are respectively fastened to the terminals of at least a pair of adjacent unit cells and has a joint in the middle. The co... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7229327 | Canted coil spring power terminal and sequence connection system The present invention provides an electrical power system comprising a plurality of battery modules in series connection between adjacent battery modules, wherein each of the battery modules comprises a positive male terminal, a negative male terminal, and a socket ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229320 | Battery connection plate with voltage detection element A voltage detection terminal mounted to a housing plate body includes a bus bar connecting portion (4a) which is connected to a battery electrode and a bus bar (3) by bolt-nut connection, a detector connecting portion (4b) connecte... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7179139 | Electrical connector with improved terminal block An electrical connector (100) comprises a terminal block (1) and a plurality of terminals (2). The terminal block (1) comprises an inner wall (11), an outer wall (12) opposite to the inner wall (11) and a plurality of... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7138580 | Protective cover for fastened electrical connectors A protective cover for securely housing at least one fastened electrical connector. The protective cover includes a top section and a bottom section moveably connected to one another, with the cover having a plurality of portals therein for receiving a plurality of ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7105247 | Battery holding method and structure The battery holding method and structure enable contact points between a battery and terminals to be maintained invariant in location by improving a performance in holding the battery, and accordingly a stable contact resistance can be obtained. A battery holder for... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103753 | Backplane system having high-density electrical connectors A computer system architecture in which functionally compatible electronic components are located on modular printed circuit boards. Thus, a type of processor used by the system can be changed by replacing the printed circuit board incorporating the processor. Simil... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7077704 | Battery connecting plate, and attachment structure of the same A plate body is disposed on a plurality of arrayed batteries. A first terminal is provided with a first portion which is connected to one of the batteries, and a second portion which is connected to an electronic element. A cover member is attached onto the plate bo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7064431 | Electronic assembly having select spacing of rows and columns of contacts to allow for routing of traces to the contacts An electronic assembly is described, having a substrate and contacts on the substrate which are spaced and arranged in a manner that allows for a more dense arrangement of contacts but still allows for routing of traces between the contacts. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048596 | Electrical connector grid anchor and method of making the same An electrical connector and method of making same includes a bore extending from an open first end of a housing to an opposed second end. An electrical contact formed of a plurality of contact strips with opposed angularly offset ends and fixedly secured in electric... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7029787 | Power supply unit A battery-type power supply unit includes a plurality of rod-shaped battery modules having a plurality of batteries connected together in series. Held tightly between two opposing ends of two batteries is an insulating ring having annular recesses into which these t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6935020 | Method of producing a battery-connecting plate A method of producing a battery-connecting plate by providing busbars which connect batteries together, attaching terminals to one end of wires to produce terminal-attached wires for detecting voltage of desired ones of the batteries, placing the terminal-attached w... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932651 | Connecting structure for electric cells A connecting bus bar 12 is formed from a negative opposing section 27 which is smaller in thickness than a closed end of a bottomed cylinder 13, partially has a negative weld plate section 27a to be welded to the closed end of a bo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6908324 | Connector scheme to allow physical orientation of a computer peripheral An adapter mechanism for facilitating re-orientation of a plug having an original orientation that is unsuitable for a peripheral device is presented. Re-orientation of a peripheral device is possible in an embodiment by advancing a symmetrical interface to another ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6835099 | Electric cell connecting apparatus for hybrid electric vehicle An electric cell connecting apparatus is provided which comprises a housing, a female connecting plate, a male connecting plate, and a terminal member. The housing is configured to receive a plurality of electric cells. The female connecting plate is provided with a... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6729908 | Battery pack having perforated terminal arrangement A battery pack containing a plurality of battery modules, these modules comprising a plurality of individual battery units, these battery units comprising a plurality of bicells with opposing terminals. The battery modules are connected in series by use of a flexibl... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6695652 | Battery charging clamp A generally U-shaped clamp may be used to connect a charging cable to a terminal of a storage battery to be charged. The clamp includes an elongated main body portion having a longitudinally extending axis and spaced ends. The clamp further includes a fir... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6623293 | Battery holder having means for securely retaining battery in position A battery holder (1) comprises an insulative housing (10) defining a receiving space (15) for receiving a battery (40) and a pair of negative and positive conductive contacts (20, 60) fastened to opposite ends of the housing. Each of the negative and posi... | 09/23/2003 |
