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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Troy, MI (US);
Thomas Edward Smith, Livonia, MI (US);
Holly M. Whetstone, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A traction battery assembly includes a thermal exchange device of a battery pack, and battery arrays disposed adjacent the thermal exchange device. A phase change material is secured to an area of the thermal exchange device. A method of managing thermal energy within a battery pack includes, among other things, positioning battery arrays against a thermal exchange device, and securing a phase change material to the thermal exchange device. The phase change material is configured to take on thermal energy from at least one of the battery arrays.