US 12,230,826 B2
Methods for assembling traction battery packs
Patrick Daniel Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Che-Chun Chang, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Marc Dugas, Wixom, MI (US); and Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,386.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/322,766, filed on Mar. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0307769 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60K 6/28 (2007.10)
CPC H01M 50/264 (2021.01) [H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assembling a traction battery pack, comprising:
arranging a group of battery cells in a compression fixture;
compressing the group of battery cells between a first slider plate and a second slider plate within the compression fixture to provide a first cell stack, wherein the first slider plate and the second slider plate each include a frame and a compressible material held within the frame;
positioning the first cell stack relative to an enclosure tray of the traction battery pack; and
inserting the first cell stack into a cell-compressing opening of the enclosure tray.