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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:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2013
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Brian Utley, Canton, MI (US);

Debbi Callicoat, Livonia, MI (US);

Keith Kearney, Grosse Ile, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/70 (2006.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/531 (2021.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/70 (2013.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 50/531 (2021.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example electric vehicle battery current communication device includes a terminal landing and a transition from the terminal landing having an area that is both bent and tapered. The transition can bend toward an interior of a battery cell such that a portion of the transition is closer to the interior than each portion of the terminal landing. The terminal landing can attach to a bus bar. The terminal landing can also weld to a bus bar. The transition can extend from the terminal landing to a current collector extending into an interior of the battery cell.


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