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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Yunan Guo, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Yongcai Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Patrick Daniel Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/26 (2006.01); B23K 26/26 (2014.01); B23K 101/36 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/266 (2013.01); B23K 26/26 (2013.01); B23K 2101/36 (2018.08); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary attachment method includes, among other things, to electrically couple a first battery cell to a busbar, joining a terminal of the first battery cell to the busbar with a first weld. The method further includes, to electrically couple a second battery cell to the busbar, joining a terminal of the second battery cell to the terminal of the first battery cell with a second weld. An exemplary attachment assembly includes, among other things, a busbar, a first terminal of a first battery cell, and a second terminal of a second battery cell. The first terminal is electrically coupled to the busbar with a first weld that joins the first terminal to the busbar. The second terminal is electrically coupled to the busbar with a second weld that joins the second terminal to the first terminal.


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