CONFORMAL WEARABLE BATTERY

• Main Authors: AYUB, Ilyas, ZHANG, Michael M, LUNDEEN, John, REINKE, Christopher Michael, VALLARO, Timothy James, BATTS, William Mark, KUDRNA, Paul John, MANADAN, Anvin Joe, GOLDIN, Elijah Brett, REED, Stewart George, ROSE, Daniel Paul
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.07.2024
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

A housing of a conformal wearable battery (CWB) encloses a plurality of battery cells arranged in a grid-like pattern and electrically connected to a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes an electrical connection pad that is electrically coupled to a positive terminal of a battery cell of the plurality of battery cells and a positive conductive region receiving electrical energy from one or more of the plurality of battery cells. A redundant trace fuse circuit is formed on the PCB. The battery cells may be a lithium-ion pouch cell that includes a body portion, a porch section and a battery cell terminal connected to the porch section. A plurality of compressible support members may be located on the flexible PCB at specific locations such that a support member is located between a battery cell terminal of each battery cell and the flexible PCB.