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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian Joseph Robert, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Thomas P. Brackett, III, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/26 (2006.01); H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 2/06 (2006.01); H01M 2/24 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 2/20 (2006.01); H01M 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/26 (2013.01); H01M 2/024 (2013.01); H01M 2/0275 (2013.01); H01M 2/06 (2013.01); H01M 2/202 (2013.01); H01M 2/24 (2013.01); H01M 2/30 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery pack includes a pouch cell having electrode tabs extending therefrom, each of the tabs defining perforations, a bus bar in contact with the tabs, and respective agglomerations of mechanically bound solid metal particles each filling one of the perforations to mechanically bind and electrically connect the tabs to the bus bar.