Modular battery, an interconnector for such batteries and methods related to modular batteries
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1. A modular battery comprising:
- a first planar battery cell including a plurality of positive electrodes connected to each other in parallel and a plurality of negative electrodes connected to each other in parallel, one of the electrodes of the first planar battery cell having a first planar electrode surface;
a second planar battery cell including a plurality of positive electrodes connected to each other in parallel and a plurality of negative electrodes connected to each other in parallel, one of the electrodes of the second planar battery cell having a second planar electrode surface; and
a compressible interconnector disposed between the first planar surface and the second planar surface and electrically connecting the first and second planar electrode surfaces.
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Abstract
A modular battery includes a first planar battery cell having a first planar electrode surface, a second planar battery cell having a second planar electrode surface, and a compressible interconnector disposed between the first planar surface and the second planar surface and electrically connecting the first and second planar electrode surfaces. Other embodiments of a modular battery, an interconnector and methods are also disclosed.
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1. A modular battery comprising:
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a first planar battery cell including a plurality of positive electrodes connected to each other in parallel and a plurality of negative electrodes connected to each other in parallel, one of the electrodes of the first planar battery cell having a first planar electrode surface; a second planar battery cell including a plurality of positive electrodes connected to each other in parallel and a plurality of negative electrodes connected to each other in parallel, one of the electrodes of the second planar battery cell having a second planar electrode surface; and a compressible interconnector disposed between the first planar surface and the second planar surface and electrically connecting the first and second planar electrode surfaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18)
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15. A modular battery comprising:
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a first planar battery cell having a first planar electrode surface; a second planar battery cell having a second planar electrode surface; and an interconnector disposed between the first planar surface and the second planar surface and electrically connecting the first and second planar electrode surfaces, the interconnector including electrically conducting fibers, the compressible interconnector having an uncompressed volume and being compressed to less than 90 percent of the uncompressed volume when disposed between the first planar battery cell and the second planar battery cell. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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16. A method for assembling a modular battery comprising:
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placing a first planar battery cell in a housing, the first planar battery cell including a plurality of positive electrodes connected to each other in parallel and a plurality of negative electrodes connected to each other in parallel, one of the electrodes of the first planar battery cell having a first planar electrode surface, placing an interconnector over the first planar battery cell, the interconnector being one of a compressible interconnector, an interconnector including electrically conductive fibers, or a modular interconnector unit, placing a second planar battery cell over the interconnector, the second planar battery cell including a plurality of positive electrodes connected to each other in parallel and a plurality of negative electrodes connected to each other in parallel, one of the electrodes of the second planar battery cell having a second planar electrode surface; and forcing the first planar battery cell and the second planar battery cell toward each other.
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17. A method of maintaining a battery comprising:
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monitoring a set of planar battery cells; identifying a defective planar battery cell from the set of substantially planar battery cells; removing the defective planar battery cell, causing a compressible interconnector to expand from a compressed state to an uncompressed state having an uncompressed volume; and inserting a non-defective planar battery cell in a manner that compresses the compressible interconnector from the uncompressed state to the compressed state, the compressible interconnector compressed to less than 90 percent of the uncompressed volume when in the compressed state.
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