Battery pack electrical interconnects

Patent 5886501 Issued on March 23, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

April 7, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

General Motors Corporation

Application

No. 835395 filed on 04/07/1997

US Classes:

320/112, For battery pack320/107, CELL OR BATTERY CHARGER STRUCTURE429/99, For plural cells429/149Plural cells

Examiners

Primary: Wong, Peter S.
Assistant: Shin, K.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Plant; Lawrence B.

International Classes

H02J 007/00
H01M 002/10

Abstract

A battery pack including a cover overlying a plurality of individual batteries and a plurality of inter-battery connectors for electrically coupling the several batteries together. The inter-battery connectors are secured to the cover such that upon removal of the cover all of the connectors are removed from the batteries en masse.