Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Eric Yoo

Micah Smith

Brad Warren Probert

Tarek Obeid

Saravanan Paramasivam

Rajaram Subramanian

George Albert Garfinkel

Kimberley King

Amar Marpu

Mladen Marjanovic

Jason Luke Sielaff

This disclosure details exemplary battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles. Exemplary battery packs may include an enclosure assembly that houses one or more battery arrays. The battery arrays may be efficiently arranged relative to one another inside the enclosure assembly to establish an open channel within the enclosure assembly. Coolant lines and/or wiring lines may be positioned within and/or routed through the open channel in order to maximize battery internal component volume without increasing the overall footprint of the enclosure assembly.

Systematic layouts for electrified vehicle traction battery packs

A traction battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a thermal exchange plate having a plurality of coolant channels distributed within the thermal exchange plate according to a first pattern, and a thermal interface material disposed on a surface of the thermal exchange plate according to a second pattern. The first pattern mimics the second pattern.

Thermal interface material positioning within a traction battery pack

An exemplary battery assembly includes, among other things, a frame, and a thermal fin extending through an aperture in the frame. The thermal fin is configured to transfer thermal energy between a battery cell and a thermal exchange plate. An exemplary method of thermal energy transfer within a battery pack includes, among other things, transferring thermal energy between at least one battery cell and a thermal exchange plate using a thermal fin that extends through an aperture in a frame.

Battery thermal fin and method of thermal energy transfer using a thermal fin

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