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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian Joseph Robert, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
James Maurice Boileau, Novi, MI (US);
Thomas P. Brackett, III, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 2/20 (2006.01); C23C 24/08 (2006.01); C23C 24/04 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 24/087 (2013.01); C23C 24/04 (2013.01); H01M 2/1061 (2013.01); H01M 2/1077 (2013.01); H01M 2/202 (2013.01); H01M 2/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery pack includes a pouch cell having electrode tabs extending therefrom, each of the tabs defining a plurality of perforations, a busbar including a plurality of raised portions in contact with and protruding through the perforations, and an agglomeration of mechanically bound solid metal particles overlaying the raised portions to mechanically bind and electrically connect the tabs to the busbar.