Patent 10164235 was granted and assigned to Arcimoto on December, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present disclosure is directed toward apparatuses for packaging one or more cells in a larger battery pack, and apparatuses for electrically coupling a battery management system to the one or more cells in a battery pack. In the aspect of the present disclosure directed toward a battery packaging apparatus with integrated spring contacts, an electrically conductive element has first and second surface a, with the first surface electrically coupled to a first battery, and a first spring-like element that is coupled to the first face of the electrically conductive element. The electrically conductive element has a cross section such that the second surface contacts the spring-like element in first and second areas. The spring-like element is operable for providing a force on the electrically conductive element when the first area is translocated toward the second area.