| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a battery pack designed to reduce arcing in a short circuit event. <P>SOLUTION: The invention provides improved battery pack performance, system reliability and system safety while impacting only a small region of the battery pack, and thus having only a minor impact on battery pack cost, complexity, weight and size. The battery pack is designed such that the fusible interconnects associated with a single battery, or a specific fusible interconnect associated with a single battery, is the last interconnect(s) during a short circuit event. The risk of sustained arcing for the preselected interconnect(s) is minimized through rapid opening of the interconnects. As a result, the risk of damage and excessive heating are also minimized. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
