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Abstract

A battery connector system includes a tray assembly configured to be mounted to a battery module made from a plurality of battery cells. The tray assembly includes a tray and a plurality of busbars held by the tray. The tray having a base with channels extending through the base. The channels receive cell tabs from corresponding battery cells. The tray has a tray connector configured to mate with an electrical connector. The busbars are aligned with corresponding channels and configured to be electrically connected to corresponding cell tabs. The busbars are coupled to the tray. The busbars have pins positioned in the tray connector for direct connection with the electrical connector. Optionally, the battery connector system may include a wire harness connector configured to be coupled to the tray connector that includes a housing holding a plurality of terminals being terminated to corresponding wires configured to be routed to a centralized battery management system and the battery connector system may include a circuit board connector configured to be coupled to the tray connector that has a housing holding a circuit board with a plurality of terminals mounted thereto. Either the wire harness connector or the circuit board connector is selectively coupled to the tray connector to define a centralized or decentralized battery management system, respectively.

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