US 12,148,905 B2
Battery module cell carrier and method of assembly
Brian Pham, Westminster, CA (US); Tyler Jacobs, Redondo Beach, CA (US); and Chad Jackson Hardgrove, Tustin, CA (US)
Assigned to RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,699.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,589, filed on Sep. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063609 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 50/256 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/613 (2015.04) [H01M 50/256 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a cell carrier comprising:
a shared cutout;
a first recess comprising a first sidewall and a first bottom; and
a second recess comprising a second sidewall and a second bottom, wherein:
the first recess is configured to receive a first battery cell of two or more battery cells;
the second recess is configured to receive a second battery cell of the two or more battery cells;
the first bottom and the second bottom comprise the shared cutout; and
the shared cutout is configured to allow potting to flow to the two or more battery cells.