Battery Cell Contact Layout With FFC Buffer Opening

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Solution Overview

Problem

The flexible flat cable (FFC) in battery contact systems is prone to breaking due to external forces, which affects battery life as it needs to be bent to connect to busbars and is squeezed by the battery's upper cover and support.

Innovation Solution

A cells contact system with a support featuring an opening corresponding to the bent portion of the acquisition line, providing a buffer space to reduce the risk of breakage when an external force is applied.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of moving object

If the upper cover and support are positioned close together, then the battery structure is compact, but the bent portion of the acquisition line is squeezed and may break

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebattery volumeVSAvoidacquisition line integrity
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The support structure has different local properties: areas away from the acquisition line provide structural compactness, while the area at the bent portion provides cushioning or increased spacing. This localized quality differentiation allows the battery to maintain compact overall volume while protecting the acquisition line at the critical bent location from squeezing forces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP4485617A1Cells contact system, battery, and electric vehicle
Publication Date: 2025.01.01 EVE ENERGY CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a cells contact system (CCS) (1), a battery, and an electric vehicle. The CCS (1) includes: a support (100); one or more busbars (200) arranged on the support (100), where the busbars (200) are configured to be connected to cells; and an acquisition line (300) arranged on the support (100) and electrically connected to the busbars (200). The acquisition line (300) has a bent portion (310), and the support (100) is provided with an opening (110) corresponding to the bent portion (310).