Battery with a stack of bipolar individual battery cells
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1. A battery comprising:
- a stack of bipolar individual battery cells, wherein each of the individual battery cells comprisesan electrode stack; and
two sheet metal covers bounding the individual battery cell at least in a stacking direction,wherein the electrode stack is connected to one of the sheet metal covers by at least one weld,wherein the sheet metal cover welded to the electrode stack or a sheet metal cover of an adjacent individual battery cell in contact with the sheet metal cover of the electrode stack is configured with a set-back region in a region of the at least one weld so that the sheet metal covers of adjacent individual battery cells do not have any contact in the region of the at least one weld,wherein the set-back region is larger than the at least one weld and encompasses the at least one weld,wherein the sheet metal covers and the electrode stack are welded together by pressure welding,whereinthe sheet metal cover welded to the electrode stack has a partially set back region only around the at least one weld, orthe sheet metal cover of the adjacent individual battery cell, which is in contact with the sheet metal cover welded to the electrode stack, has a partially set back region only in a region opposite to and around the at least one weld in the stacking direction.
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A battery includes a stack of bipolar individual battery cells, each of which includes an electrode stack and two sheet metal covers bounding the individual battery cell at least in the stacking direction. The electrode stack is connected to at least one of the sheet metal covers by at least one weld. In the region of the at least one weld, the sheet metal cover welded to the electrode stack and/or the sheet metal cover of the adjacent individual battery cell in contact with the sheet metal cover is/are of a set-back design. As a result, the sheet metal covers of adjacent individual battery cells do not have any contact in the region of the at least one weld.
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1. A battery comprising:
a stack of bipolar individual battery cells, wherein each of the individual battery cells comprises an electrode stack; and two sheet metal covers bounding the individual battery cell at least in a stacking direction, wherein the electrode stack is connected to one of the sheet metal covers by at least one weld, wherein the sheet metal cover welded to the electrode stack or a sheet metal cover of an adjacent individual battery cell in contact with the sheet metal cover of the electrode stack is configured with a set-back region in a region of the at least one weld so that the sheet metal covers of adjacent individual battery cells do not have any contact in the region of the at least one weld, wherein the set-back region is larger than the at least one weld and encompasses the at least one weld, wherein the sheet metal covers and the electrode stack are welded together by pressure welding, wherein the sheet metal cover welded to the electrode stack has a partially set back region only around the at least one weld, or the sheet metal cover of the adjacent individual battery cell, which is in contact with the sheet metal cover welded to the electrode stack, has a partially set back region only in a region opposite to and around the at least one weld in the stacking direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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