BATTERY MODULE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BATTERY CELLS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A BATTERY MODULE

A battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells (), which are each connected electrically conductively in series and/or in parallel with one another, and comprising a switching device (), which has a first terminal () and a second terminal (), wherein a first electrically conductive connecting element () connects the first terminal () of the switching device () electrically conductively to a first terminal () of a fuse element (), and a second terminal () of the fuse element () is electrically conductively connected to a voltage tap () of a terminally arranged battery cell (), and a second electrically conductive connecting element () connects the second terminal () of the switching device () electrically conductively to a voltage tap () of the battery module ().