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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yunan Guo, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Yongcai Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Patrick Daniel Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
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.