Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Stuart Schreiber

Rajaram Subramanian

Francisco Fernandez

Keith Kearney

Tommy M Gunther

Patrick Daniel Maguire

Yunan Guo

Tom M Gunther

John Jardine

Edward Popyk

Adam Denlinger

Scott Benedict

Ronald D Gilland

A vehicle traction battery assembly including a pair of battery cells and a busbar is provided. Each of the battery cells may include a terminal and one or more locating features. The busbar may span between the cells and define a pair of arms each having a member sized to at least partially interlock with the one or more locating features. The busbar may span between the cells such that the busbar covers at least a portion of upper surfaces defined by each of the cells. At least one of the terminal apertures may be spaced in between outer edges of the respective arms such that a first and second surface area provide space sufficient for weld spots.

Busbar assembly for vehicle traction battery

An exemplary battery assembly includes a first terminal holder, and a terminal at least partially surrounded by the first terminal holder. The first terminal holder includes a locating feature to position the first terminal holder relative to a second terminal holder.

Terminal locating feature for a battery assembly

A battery assembly includes a plurality of battery cells and a support structure positioned about the plurality of battery cells. The support structure includes at least one sidewall and the at least one sidewall includes a first flange that extends adjacent a top surface of each of the plurality of battery cells and a second flange that extends beyond a bottom surface of each of the plurality of battery cells.

Low profile battery assembly for electrified vehicles

An assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of battery cells and a bus bar assembly received over the plurality of battery cells. The bus bar assembly comprises a housing, a bus bar received within the housing and a retention device disengageable from the bus bar to move the bus bar between a first position and a second position.

Bus bar assembly including biased bus bar

A bus bar assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of battery cells and a bus bar assembly that electrically connects the plurality of battery cells. The bus bar assembly includes a flexible cable, a voltage sense lead connected to the flexible cable, and a bus bar connected to the voltage sense lead.

Bus bar assembly for electrified vehicle batteries

A vehicle including a pair of spaced apart battery cell arrays, a pair of sub-structures configured to retain the arrays, and a thermal plate assembly disposed between the arrays is provided. Each of the sub-structures may include opposing endplates and opposing upper and lower sidewalls secured to the endplates and each having a flange extending toward and overlapping with the respective flange of the other sub-structure to join the sub-structures without mechanical fastening. The thermal plate assembly may be disposed between the overlapping flanges and the arrays to form a sandwich formation. The thermal plate assembly may include at least one thermal interface component disposed on a side of a thermal plate, and in contact with a portion of at least one of the battery cell arrays.

Support structure for traction battery assembly with integrated thermal plate

A traction battery assembly for a vehicle includes an array of cells stacked on a tray. The array of cells defines opposing longitudinal sides and opposing lateral sides. First and second L-shaped components are attached to the tray. Each of the components includes an end wall and a sidewall that are integrally formed to define a substantially 90&#xb0; corner. The first and second components are attached together such that each of the sidewalls is disposed adjacent one of the longitudinal sides and each of the end walls is disposed adjacent one of the lateral sides to form a housing around the tray that has an open top and an open bottom.

Traction battery assembly

A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of battery cells and a support structure positioned about the plurality of battery cells. The support structure includes at least one sidewall and the at least one sidewall includes a first flange that extends adjacent a top surface of each of the plurality of battery cells and a second flange that extends beyond a bottom surface of each of the plurality of battery cells.

Growing community of inventors

Inkster, MI, United States of America

Stuart Schreiber