Patent ID: 8322393

Claim:
A system, comprising: a module fixture supporting a plurality of battery cells, said module fixture defining a plurality of bonding wells with each bonding well accepting a first portion of one or more of said battery cells with said module fixture including one or more apertures communicated with one or more of said bonding wells with said bonding wells having a nominal depth; an adhesive being selectively curable upon application of a curing modality, said adhesive including a plurality of wettability characteristics during dispensing with a first portion of said adhesive having a different wettability than a second portion of said adhesive; and a dispensing system, coupled to said module fixture, for dispensing said adhesive into each said bonding well and surrounding said first portions of each said battery cell with a dispensed adhesive, said dispensed adhesive being selectively curable upon application of a curing modality; and a curing structure for selectively exposing said dispensed adhesive to said curing modality in a multistep curing process, a first curing step exposing said first portion of said dispensed adhesive emerging from said apertures and not exposing said second portion to said curing modality as said first portion of said dispensed adhesive emerges from said apertures during dispensation of said adhesive into said plurality of bonding wells and a second curing step exposing said second portion of said adhesive after said first curing step.