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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Francisco Fernandez-Galindo, Canton, MI (US);
Daniel Paul Roberts, Livonia, MI (US);
Steven Droste, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/20 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/206 (2013.01); H01M 2/1077 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A traction battery includes cells stacked in an array and having terminals, and endplates sandwiching the array. A busbar module extends between the endplates and includes slots and busbars interleaved along a length of the busbar module. The terminals extend through the slots and connect to the busbars. The busbar module includes a pair of end pieces and a center piece that are separately formed and secured together by connection features.