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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2010
Jeffrey R. Wells, Orion, MI (US);
Stephanie L. Corker, Waterford, MI (US);
Robert H. Dietze, Brighton, MI (US);
Michael M. Arvaneh, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Gene P. Emmerich, Commerce Township, MI (US);
John D. Tompkins, Troy, MI (US);
Edward S. Turvene, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
William O. Merkle, Macomb, MI (US);
Jeffrey R. Wells, Orion, MI (US);
Stephanie L. Corker, Waterford, MI (US);
Robert H. Dietze, Brighton, MI (US);
Michael M. Arvaneh, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Gene P. Emmerich, Commerce Township, MI (US);
John D. Tompkins, Troy, MI (US);
Edward S. Turvene, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
William O. Merkle, Macomb, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a battery assembly includes forming battery packs, each pack including battery cells and cooling passages extending along a length of the pack, connecting terminals of each pack to a dc source and charging each pack to a desired state of charge, installing battery packs on a tray located on an automatically guided cart, using the cart to carry the battery assembly to locations where method steps are performed including performing testing for fluid leaks in a cooling circuit comprising interconnected passages of each pack on the tray and installing electric circuits in the assembly.