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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Robert Drews, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brian Joseph Robert, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Mohan Karulkar, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 2/30 (2006.01); H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 2/12 (2006.01); H01M 2/36 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/0585 (2013.01); H01M 2/021 (2013.01); H01M 2/0275 (2013.01); H01M 2/1061 (2013.01); H01M 2/1223 (2013.01); H01M 2/30 (2013.01); H01M 2/361 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 10/6556 (2015.04); H01M 2/1077 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lithium ion pouch battery cell includes a rigid frame forming a skeleton of the cell and defining an aperture, an anode, a separator, and a cathode disposed within the aperture. The anode and cathode each include a current collector with an exposed tab portion, and a pair of terminals, integrated into the frame, each having an exterior portion and an interior portion bonded to one of the current collectors.