CPC H01M 50/267 (2021.01) [H01M 4/485 (2013.01); H01M 4/505 (2013.01); H01M 4/525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/6563 (2015.04); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); Y02E 60/10 (2013.01); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. A method of manufacturing lithium ion battery modules, the method comprising:
providing a first battery module subassembly on a first manufacturing path, the first battery module subassembly including a first housing having a first dimension, a second dimension, and a third dimension;
providing a second battery module subassembly on a second manufacturing path different from the first manufacturing path, the second battery module subassembly including a second housing having the first dimension, the second dimension, and a fourth dimension different than the third dimension;
converging the first manufacturing path and the second manufacturing path to a battery cell positioning region that includes a common battery cell source;
at the battery cell positioning region,
placing a first plurality of battery cells from the common battery cell source in the first battery module subassembly, and
placing a second plurality of battery cells from the common battery cell source in the second battery module subassembly, wherein a number of the second plurality of battery cells is different from a number of the first plurality of battery cells;
diverging the first manufacturing path from the second manufacturing path after the battery cell positioning region;
at a first component integration region in the first manufacturing path, the first component integration region having a first component source, assembling a first component of the first component source with the first battery module subassembly;
at a second component integration region in the second manufacturing path, the second component integration region having a second component source different from the first component source, assembling a second component of the second component source with the second battery module subassembly; and
concluding the first manufacturing path and the second manufacturing path to result in a first battery module and a second battery module.
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