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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Amar Marpu, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/12 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/6563 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); B60R 16/04 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/12 (2013.01); H01M 2/1072 (2013.01); H01M 2/1083 (2013.01); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/6563 (2015.04); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60R 16/04 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery pack includes an enclosure assembly, a sensitive battery component housed inside the enclosure assembly, and a sacrificial battery component packaged outside of the enclosure assembly. The sacrificial battery component includes a pre-defined failure area configured to minimize the transfer of impact loads into the enclosure assembly. The sacrificial battery component may plastically deform and break at the pre-defined failure area in response to an impact loading event that exceeds a pre-defined load threshold of the pre-defined failure area.