US 2011/0256446 A1 · BATTERY CELL ASSEMBLIES

Abstract

A battery cell assembly in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is provided. The assembly includes a first frame member having a first plurality of tabs extending away from a first peripheral edge of the first frame member. Each tab of the first plurality of tabs has a first coupling feature at a distal end of the respective tab. The assembly further includes a second frame member having a plurality of slots extending into a second peripheral edge of the second frame member. The assembly further includes a battery cell disposed between the first and second frame members, and each first coupling feature of each tab of the first plurality of tabs is configured to engage a respective slot of the plurality of slots of the second frame member to fixedly hold the first and second frame members together.

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Dependent claims

A battery cell assembly, comprising:

a first frame member having a first plurality of tabs extending away from a first peripheral edge of the first frame member, each tab of the first plurality of tabs having a first coupling feature at a distal end of the respective tab;
a second frame member having a plurality of slots extending into a second peripheral edge of the second frame member;
and
a battery cell disposed between the first and second frame members, and each first coupling feature of each tab of the first plurality of tabs is configured to engage a respective slot of the plurality of slots of the second frame member to fixedly hold the first and second frame members together.

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A battery cell assembly, comprising:

a first frame member having a first plurality of tabs extending away from a first peripheral edge of the first frame member in a first direction, each tab of the first plurality of tabs having an aperture extending therethrough such that air flows through each aperture, the first frame member further having a first plurality of coupling members extending from an inner region of the first frame member and having distal ends proximate to the first peripheral edge, each coupling member of the first plurality coupling members extending generally perpendicular to a respective tab of the first plurality of tabs that is disposed proximate to the respective coupling member;
a second frame member having a second plurality of tabs extending away from a second peripheral edge of the second frame member in the first direction, each tab of the second plurality of tabs having an aperture extending therethrough;
and
a battery cell disposed between the first and second frame members, and each tab of the second plurality of tabs of the second frame member is configured to engage a respective coupling member of the first plurality coupling members to fixedly hold the first and second frame members together.

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A frame member, comprising:

a rectangular ring-shaped portion having a plurality of tabs extending away from a peripheral edge of the rectangular ring-shaped portion in a first direction, each tab of the plurality of tabs having an aperture extending therethrough such that air flows through each aperture, the rectangular ring-shaped portion further having a plurality of coupling members extending from an inner region of the rectangular ring-shaped portion and having distal ends proximate to the peripheral edge, each coupling member of the plurality coupling members extending generally perpendicular to a respective tab of the plurality of tabs that is disposed proximate to the respective coupling member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Battery cell assemblies

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Battery cell assemblies

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Abstract

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