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US 2014/0272508 A1Published application
Battery pack system
AssigneeVecture Inc.
InventorLouis Jack MUSETTI
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described herein for a battery pack enclosure having a retaining assembly for maintaining cell carrier assemblies within the battery pack enclosure at a fixed position. The retaining assembly comprises a fixed portion, an adjustable portion and a locking member to hold the plurality of cell carrier assemblies at the fixed position.
Claims16
A battery pack for providing electrical power during use, wherein the battery pack comprises:
- at plurality of cell carrier assemblies, each cell carrier assembly having a cell configured to provide electric current during use and a cell carrier for providing a housing for mounting the cell;
- a battery pack enclosure for housing the plurality of cell carrier assemblies, and
- a retaining assembly having a fixed portion, an adjustable portion and at least one locking member to hold the plurality of cell carrier assemblies fixed in place, the location of the adjustable portion being adjustable to compensate for at least one of the cell carrier assemblies having a variable manufacturing tolerance.
A retaining assembly for maintaining cell carrier assemblies in a battery pack enclosure at a fixed position, wherein the retaining assembly comprises:
- a fixed portion fixedly mounted near a first end portion of the battery pack enclosure,
- an adjustable portion adjustably mounted at a second end portion of the battery pack enclosure opposite the first end portion, the location of the adjustable portion being moveable towards or away from the fixed portion;
- and
- at least one locking member that releasably engages the fixed and adjustable portions to hold the plurality of cell carrier assemblies at the fixed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.