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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2013
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Robert D. Sumpf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ernest Villanueva, Mountain View, CA (US);
David E. Hegeman, San Jose, CA (US);
Satvik Vipin Batavia, Newark, CA (US);
Ganesh Singh, Westbloomfield, MI (US);
Alex Prilutsky, San Mateo, CA (US);
Scott I. Kohn, Redwood City, CA (US);
Bruce P. Edwards, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Peter Tennessen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tesla Motors, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes: assembling a thermal-exchange tube in a module housing for an energy storage pack; assembling cells in the module housing, wherein the thermal-exchange tube runs between rows of the cells; applying an adhesive that affixes the cells and the thermal-exchange tube to the module housing; curing a first portion of the adhesive by radiation, wherein a second portion of the adhesive is shielded from the radiation by the cells or the thermal-exchange tube; and curing at least the second portion of the adhesive by a chemical cure mechanism.