CELL CARTRIDGE WITH A COMPOSITE INTERCELL CONNECTING NET STRUCTURE

摘要

The present invention provides a cell cartridge with a composite cell interconnection network, in which plural unit cells are assembled and modularized in a case in a composite series-parallel connection manner. An object of the present invention is to provide a cell cartridge with a composite cell interconnection network, in which a plurality of unit cells can be simply assembled, as opposed to conventional methods of binding the unit cells with glass tape, for example, to shorten the time required for assembly, improve assemblability and productivity, and increase the accuracy of manufacturing standards. Moreover, another object of the present invention is to provide a cell cartridge with a composite cell interconnection network, in which a plurality of unit cells are spaced at regular intervals to prevent problems caused by direct contact between the cells and by heat generated thereby, prevent problems such as cell performance degradation and reduced battery lifespan caused by the direct contact and the generated heat, and enable mass production of standardized and modularized battery packs. Furthermore, still another object of the present invention is to provide a cell cartridge with a composite cell interconnection network, in which the structure of external terminals connected to cell terminals is modified to prevent a contact failure or excessive contact resistance between the cell terminals and the external terminals, and which can solve many other problems, caused by the welding of a nickel plate in conventional methods, such as welding defects, inconvenience of welding process, excessive assembly time due to the welding, degradation of assemblability and productivity, etc. To this end, a cell cartridge with a composite cell interconnection network is disclosed, the cell cartridge comprising: a plurality of unit cells; a case which accommodates the unit cells and is then assembled; a plurality of spacing members, each disposed between the unit cells accommodated in the case to space the unit cells a predetermined distance from each other; and a plurality of connection plates fixedly mounted on an inner side of the case and each including terminals connected to electrodes of the respective unit cells to connect the electrodes of adjacently arranged cells to each other, wherein the unit cells are connected to each other by the connection plates connected to the respective electrodes in a composite series-parallel connection manner.