Abstract: A battery module for a motor vehicle includes two contact-making plates, which are arranged in parallel or approximately in parallel with one another, including a first and a second contact-making plate, and a plurality of battery cells, which are arranged next to one another and between the two contact-making plates. Each battery cell has a longitudinal axis and two axially opposite ends. The ends of each battery cell are connected to the contact-making plates, and the battery cells are arranged in such a way that i) an outer circumferential surface of each battery cell fully surrounded by adjacent battery cells touches outer circumferential surfaces of at least three adjacent battery cells, and ii) an outer circumferential surface of each battery cell not fully surrounded by adjacent battery cells touches outer circumferential surfaces of at least two adjacent battery cells.

Abstract: A method for integrating a high-voltage accumulator having at least one accumulator module into a support structure of a motor vehicle, wherein the following is performed: providing a housing part, which has a base plate and a frame-like edge extending around the base plate; arranging the at least one accumulator module on the housing part and/or on the support structure; arranging the edge of the housing part below and on a frame structure formed of supports of the support structure; and fastening the housing part to the support structure. An accumulator housing for the at least one accumulator module is thus formed. A housing interior of the accumulator housing is delimited by a bottom part of the support structure, which bottom part covers the frame structure toward a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, and by the housing part and the frame structure.

Abstract: A method for integrating a high-voltage accumulator having at least one accumulator module into a support structure of a motor vehicle, wherein the following is performed: providing a housing part, which has a base plate and a frame-like edge extending around the base plate; arranging the at least one accumulator module on the housing part and/or on the support structure; arranging the edge of the housing part below and on a frame structure formed of supports of the support structure; and fastening the housing part to the support structure. An accumulator housing for the at least one accumulator module is thus formed. A housing interior of the accumulator housing is delimited by a bottom part of the support structure, which bottom part covers the frame structure toward a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle, and by the housing part and the frame structure.

Abstract: A battery module for a motor vehicle includes two contact-making plates, which are arranged in parallel or approximately in parallel with one another, including a first and a second contact-making plate, and a plurality of battery cells, which are arranged next to one another and between the two contact-making plates. Each battery cell has a longitudinal axis and two axially opposite ends. The ends of each battery cell are connected to the contact-making plates, and the battery cells are arranged in such a way that i) an outer circumferential surface of each battery cell fully surrounded by adjacent battery cells touches outer circumferential surfaces of at least three adjacent battery cells, and ii) an outer circumferential surface of each battery cell not fully surrounded by adjacent battery cells touches outer circumferential surfaces of at least two adjacent battery cells.