Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells (2) which are electrically conductively connected to one another in series and/or in parallel and are arranged adjacent to one another in a longitudinal direction (3) of the battery module (1), so that a cell stack (25) is formed. An end plate unit (4) is arranged adjacent to a terminally arranged battery cell (21), wherein the end plate unit (4) comprises at least two end plates (5) formed separately from one another, which are each mechanically connected to a same side surface (6) of the terminally arranged battery cell (21).

Abstract: The invention relates to a cranking device for internal combustion engines, having a starter motor whose starter pinion initially shifts into the gear ring of the engine with a starting signal via an engagement magnet, before the starter motor trips the cranking process with full force. The shifting of the starter pinion and the switching of the starter motor are improved by providing that the starter motor (SM) with the starting signal (st) drives the starter pinion initially via a protective resistor (Rvor) with reduced torque, and the engagement magnet (EM) shifts it into the gear ring of the engine, and that after that, the engagement magnet (EM) presses the starter pinion all the way into the gear ring of the engine, and the starter motor (SM) turns the engine over with full torque by bypassing the protective resistor (Rvor).

Abstract: The engaging relay for a starter device of an internal combustion engine includes a magnetic core having a relay coil and provided with a through-opening with a guide section; an armature including a switching axle extending through the through-opening of the magnetic core; a bushing mounted around the switching axle in an axially displaceable manner in the guide section of the core; a contact bridge nonrotatably fixed to the bushing; main current contacts mounted opposite the contact bridge so as to be contactable with the contact bridge by energizing the relay coil; a spring for holding the contact bridge away from the main current contacts in a resting position of the contact bridge; and anti-rotation means for preventing rotation of the bushing in the guide section relative to the magnetic core so as to maintain the contact bridge in a rotationally fixed relationship with the main current contacts.