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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Zhu, Chandler, AZ (US);
Sarav Paramasivam, South Lyon, MI (US);
Dharmendra Patel, Canton, MI (US);
Patrick Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kanghua Chen, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60N 2/64 (2006.01); B60N 2/56 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60N 2/5621 (2013.01); B60N 2/646 (2013.01); B60K 2001/005 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a floor, a seat including a back, and a traction battery module located behind the seat. The seat and floor form an air passageway, underneath the seat, from a cabin to the traction battery module. The vehicle also includes a plenum disposed between the air passageway and fraction battery module, and a sealing member fixed to the plenum and configured to engage the back to form a substantially airtight seal therebetween.