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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Akash Changarankumarath Pradeepkumar, Westland, MI (US);
Alfredo R. Munoz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Troy, MI (US);
Guangyin Lei, Canton, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle power module assembly including first and second power modules is provided. The first power module may include a first lock feature extending from a lower portion of a first minor side at a first central axis. The second power module may include a second lock feature at an upper portion of a second minor side at a second central axis. The lock features may be sized for interlock with one another to secure the power modules to one another. The first lock feature may be a loop element defining a through-hole and the second lock feature may be a wedge. The through-hole may be sized for the wedge to extend therein and to interlock the first power module and the second power module to one another. The first lock feature may be a flexible hook element and the second lock feature may be a slot.