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Battery assembly with temperature control device

  • US 9,853,334 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2014
  • Issued: 12/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A battery assembly comprising:

  • a plurality of prismatic cells, each having a central portion;

    a plurality of frames including first, second, and third frames holding the plurality of prismatic cells such that the central portions of plurality of prismatic cells are spaced apart from each other, each of the first, second, and third frames having an open central portion, the plurality of frames interlocked to be removably coupled together; and

    a plurality of compliant devices positioned between the plurality of prismatic cells and adjacent the central portions of the plurality of prismatic cells, wherein a first compliant device of the plurality of compliant devices is received in an open central portion of the first frame of the plurality of frames, a first prismatic cell of the plurality of prismatic cells is held relative to the first frame by the second frame, a second prismatic cell of the plurality of prismatic cells is held relative to the first frame by the third frame, and the first compliant member is positioned between a central portion of the first prismatic cell and a central portion of the second prismatic cell.

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