Patent ID: 8709636

Claim:
A repeating cell frame for a battery pack assembly comprising: a cooling module having a frame including a first side, an opposing second side, and a cooling fin disposed on the first side of the frame, a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector disposed on the frame of the cooling module, wherein a first battery cell includes a first side and an opposing second side and the second side of the first battery cell abuts the cooling fin and the first battery cell includes a first electrically conductive tab in electrical communication with the first electrical connector and a second electrically conductive tab in electrical communication with the second electrical connector; and a spacer module having a frame including a first side, an opposing second side, and an opening formed in the central portion thereof, the frame of the spacer module further including a third electrical connector and a fourth electrical connector disposed thereon, wherein a second battery cell includes a first electrically conductive tab in electrical communication with the third electrical connector and a second electrically conductive tab in electrical communication with the fourth electrical connector and at least a portion of the second battery cell received in the opening formed in the frame of the spacer module, the third electrical connector of the spacer module releasably joined to the first electrical connector of the cooling module causing electrical communication between the first battery cell and the second battery cell and placing the cooling module and the spacer module in a stacked relation to form the repeating cell frame; wherein the first side of the frame of the cooling module faces the second side of the frame of the spacer module and the first side of the first battery cell abuts the second battery cell.