Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Tom M Gunther

Rajaram Subramanian

Saravanan Paramasivam

Stuart Schreiber

Steve Droste

Dave Moschet

Francisco Fernandez

Kanchana Perumalla

Rohit Gunna

Adam Denlinger

Ronald D Gilland

Urban J De Souza

Yunan Guo

Edward Popyk

Scott Benedict

Stephenson Tyler Mattmuller

This disclosure details battery assemblies for electrified vehicles. An exemplary battery assembly may employ one or more compression limiters that maintain the integrity and positioning of a plurality of battery arrays housed inside the battery assembly. The compression limiters may include a body and an attachment head near an end of the body. The attachment head is configured to engage a portion of a support structure of a battery array.

Compression limiters for electrified vehicle battery assemblies

An exemplary method of securing portions of a battery pack includes, among other things, slidably engaging a portion of a battery cell frame within a channel of an extrusion, and securing the extrusion to a support to secure the battery cell frame.

Battery pack retention assembly and retention method

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

An exemplary bus bar assembly includes a first layer and a second layer directly adjacent the first layer. The first layer and the second layer each have a section made of a first material and extending from a first end portion to an opposing, second end portion. The first and second end portions include a second material different than the first material. An exemplary method of forming a bus bar includes joining a section of a first bus bar layer and a section of a second bus bar layer to a respective first end portion and a respective second end portion. The sections of the first and second bus bar layers are made of a first material. The first and second end portions include a second material different than the first material.

Flexible multi-layered bus bar

A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a compression limiter including a body and an attachment head near a first end of the body and configured to engage a structural member of the battery assembly.

An exemplary assembly includes an extrusion providing a channel that receives a portion of a battery cell frame. The extrusion is securable to a support to secure the battery cell frame relative to the support.

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

An electric vehicle battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a battery cell, a rail securing the cell, and a terminal holder in direct contact with the rail.

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Canton, MI, United States of America

Tom M Gunther