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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jacob Wiles, Plymouth, MI (US);
Dylan Erb, Allen Park, MI (US);
Alexander Bartlett, Wyandotte, MI (US);
Bikram Singh, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Baocheng Sun, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exemplary assembly includes, among other things, a group of battery cells, and an array plate assembly having a pressure retention pad that is configured to plastically deform in response to the group of battery cells expanding. An exemplary method includes, among other things, compressing a group of battery cells with an array plate assembly having a pressure retention pad, the pressure retention pad plastically deforming in response to the group of battery cells expanding.