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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:
May. 11, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Brock Dunlap, Dearborn, MI (US);

Kevin A. Montgomery, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Hari Krishna Addanki, Novi, MI (US);

Michael E. Reibling, Sterling Heights, MI (US);

Sam Jeffrey Tomlinson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/20 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/91 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure details electrified vehicles that are equipped with one or more attachment and sealing assemblies for securing a battery pack to the vehicle. An exemplary attachment and sealing assembly may establish a mid-span attachment point of the battery pack and may include a pass-through component, a fastener, and a seal. The fastener may be positioned relative to the pass-through component using either a bottom-up or top-down approach. The seal may radially seal between a portion of a battery pack enclosure assembly and the pass-through component.


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