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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bridget Jo Volinski, Canton, MI (US);
Christian Hines, Hamburg, MI (US);
John Scott Turik, Southfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exemplary battery assembly includes, among other things, a rail of a first cell assembly received within a slot of a second cell assembly to secure the first and a second cell assemblies relative to each other. A rail terminal is disposed within a rail surface that faces back toward an electrode structure of the first cell assembly. An exemplary battery cell securing method includes, among other things, positioning a rail of a first cell assembly within a slot of a second cell assembly to secure the first and second cell assemblies relative to each other. The rail has a rail surface that faces back toward an electrode structure of the first cell assembly, and a rail terminal disposed within the rail surface.