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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2012
Mark A. Niedzwiecki, Troy, MI (US);
Nick Karditsas, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Mark A. Niedzwiecki, Troy, MI (US);
Nick Karditsas, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A battery module according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells, a pair of sideplates, and a pair of endplates. The sideplates are disposed on opposite sides of the plurality of battery cells and the endplates are disposed at opposite ends of the battery module. The sideplates include a first mating portion and the endplates include a second mating portion that engages the first mating portion to provide an interference fit. The interference fit joins the sideplates and the endplates together and bands the plurality of cells together between the sideplates and the endplates.