The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of respiratory enzyme complexes of the mitochondrial inner membrane (including, for example, complex II, complex III, complex IV) to form a large supercomplex. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22342701 GOC:mcc http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909073 ]
Synonyms: mitochondrial respiratory supercomplex assembly mitochondrial respiratory chain supercomplex assembly