Patent ID: 8067111

Claim:
A battery cell assembly, comprising: a first battery cell having a first side and a second side; a second battery cell having a first side and a second side, the first side of the second battery cell directly contacting the second side of the first battery cell; a heat exchanger having a first side and a second side, the first side of the heat exchanger directly contacting the second side of the second battery cell; and a third battery cell having a first side and a second side, the first side of the third battery cell directly contacting the second side of the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger being configured to remove heat energy from the first, second, and third battery cells to maintain the first, second, and third battery cells at substantially a desired temperature; a first rectangular ring-shaped frame member having a first side and a second side, the second side of the first rectangular ring-shaped frame member directly contacting the first side of the first battery cell; a second rectangular ring-shaped frame member having a first side and a second side, the first side of the second rectangular ring-shaped frame member directly contacting both the second side of the first rectangular ring-shaped frame member and the second side of the second battery cell; and a first securement ring-shaped member having a first side and a second side, an outer peripheral size of the first securement ring-shaped member being less than an outer peripheral size of the first rectangular ring-shaped frame member, the first securement ring-shaped member being disposed between the second side of the first rectangular ring-shaped frame member and the first side of the second rectangular ring-shaped frame member to further secure the first and second battery cells between the first and second rectangular ring-shaped frame members.