US 11,942,649 B2
Battery mounting using a heat treated adhesive
Joshua M. Chien, San Francisco, CA (US); Srinath D. Chandrashekarpur, San Jose, CA (US); Rajesh Kandibanda, San Jose, CA (US); and Nathan J. Bohney, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/910,283.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/556,730, filed on Sep. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0081291 A1, Mar. 14, 2019
Int. Cl. H01M 10/02 (2006.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/209 (2021.01) [H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack comprising:
a first prismatic cell comprising a first surface;
a second prismatic cell comprising a second surface, wherein the first prismatic cell and the second prismatic cell are electrically coupled and arranged such that the first surface and the second surface form an L-shaped pack surface; and
an adhesive disposed on the L-shaped pack surface away from a junction between the first surface and the second surface;
wherein the adhesive secures the first prismatic cell and the second prismatic cell directly to a chassis of a portable device.