Patent ID: 11942590
Assignee: PRIME ENERGY CONTRACT SERVICES LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A battery cell assembly method, comprising:
securing a growth plate within a first cell frame on at least two sides of the growth plate, the growth plate having a first face and a second face opposite the first face, wherein the first face of the growth plate includes a plurality of spacing features disposed along the first face of the growth plate, and each of the plurality of spacing features having a protruding portion extending away from the first face of the growth plate and contacting the first cell frame, the plurality of spacing features offsetting the first face of the growth plate from the first cell frame;
placing a battery cell having a first face and a second face opposite the first face within the first cell frame such that the first face of the battery cell contacts the second face of the growth plate;
aligning an outer peripheral of a second cell frame within an outer peripheral of the first cell frame such that the second cell frame contacts the second face of the battery cell; and
coupling the first cell frame to the second cell frame along an overlap of the outer peripheral of the first cell frame and the outer peripheral of the second cell frame such that a uniform pressure is applied along both the first and second faces of the battery cell.