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US 11,777,131 B1Granted
Modular stacking tool and method for a battery
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPaul John Bojanowski, Brian Utley
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Abstract
A battery module locating tool includes a support pillar and a plurality of fixtures supported on the support pillar. Each fixture is individually translatable along the support pillar and arranged to locate a battery cell according to a longitudinal datum and a lateral datum. The support pillar is movable toward and away from a battery frame onto which the battery cell is located.
Claims20
A battery module locating tool comprising:
- a support pillar;
- and
- a plurality of fixtures supported on the support pillar, each fixture individually translatable along the support pillar and arranged to locate a battery cell according to a longitudinal datum and a lateral datum,
- wherein the support pillar is movable toward a battery frame onto which the battery cell is located.
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A method for assembling a plurality of battery cells, the method comprising:
- locating each cell of the plurality of battery cells with individual locating fixtures, each locating fixture comprising a lateral datum and a longitudinal datum;
- stacking individual battery cells onto each other with respective individual locating fixtures to form a stack of battery cells;
- and
- removing the individual locating fixtures after forming the stack of battery cells.
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A battery module locating tool comprising:
- a support pillar;
- and
- a plurality of fixtures supported on the support pillar, each fixture including a longitudinal finger and a lateral wall,
- wherein each fixture is individually translatable along the support pillar and arranged to align a battery cell between the longitudinal finger and the lateral wall to a specified alignment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.