US 11,984,575 B2
Battery alignment, and associated systems and methods
Jared M. Jennings, Tucson, AZ (US); Mark Niedzwiecki, Tucson, AZ (US); Daniel G. Milobar, Tucson, AZ (US); Ryan Michael Niccum, Tucson, AZ (US); Glenn Alan Hamblin, Tucson, AZ (US); and Homa Shayan, Tucson, AZ (US)
Assigned to Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed by Sion Power Corporation, Tucson, AZ (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/952,228.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,086, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,151, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/937,761, filed on Nov. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0151817 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 10/658 (2014.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/6555 (2014.01); H01M 50/222 (2021.01); H01M 50/233 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/658 (2015.04) [H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 10/6551 (2015.04); H01M 10/6555 (2015.04); H01M 50/222 (2021.01); H01M 50/233 (2021.01); H01M 50/242 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery, comprising:
a first thermally conductive solid article portion comprising a first gap, the first thermally conductive solid article portion having a first lateral dimension and a second lateral dimension orthogonal to the first lateral dimension of the first thermally conductive solid article portion;
a first electrochemical cell coupled to a recess of the first thermally conductive solid article portion, the recess of the first thermally conductive solid article portion extending along a portion but not all of the first lateral dimension and the second lateral dimension of the first thermally conductive solid article portion, the first electrochemical cell comprising a first electrochemical active region;
a second thermally conductive solid article portion comprising a second gap, the second thermally conductive solid article portion having a first lateral dimension and a second lateral dimension orthogonal to the first lateral dimension of the second thermally conductive solid article portion; and
a second electrochemical cell coupled to a recess of the second thermally conductive solid article portion, the recess of the second thermally conductive solid article portion extending along a portion but not all of the first lateral dimension and the second lateral dimension of the second thermally conductive solid article portion, the second electrochemical cell comprising a second electrochemical active region;
wherein:
the first electrochemical cell is coupled to the recess of the first thermally conductive solid article portion at least in part via a portion of the first electrochemical cell fitting into the recess such that the position of the first electrochemical cell is restrained with respect to the first lateral dimension and the second lateral dimension of the first thermally conductive solid article portion;
the second electrochemical cell is coupled to the recess of the second thermally conductive solid article portion at least in part via a portion of the second electrochemical cell fitting into the recess such that the position of the second electrochemical cell is restrained with respect to the first lateral dimension and the second lateral dimension of the second thermally conductive solid article portion;
the first gap is located between the recess of the first thermally conductive solid article portion and a lateral edge of the first thermally conductive solid article portion;
the second gap is located between the recess of the second thermally conductive solid article portion and a lateral edge of the second thermally conductive solid article portion;
the first gap and the second gap are located such that when the first gap is substantially aligned with the second gap, at least 90% of the first electrochemical active region and the second electrochemical active region overlap; and
the battery comprises an object, at least a first portion of which is within the first gap and at least a second portion of which is within the second gap such that the substantial alignment of the first gap and the second gap is achieved.