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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Xiao Guang Yang, Northville, MI (US);
Jingmei Shen, Troy, MI (US);
Bogdan Bude, Canton, MI (US);
Pratima Addepalli, Saline, MI (US);
Connor McCann, Berkley, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A traction battery assembly includes, among other things, a plurality of battery cells disposed along an axis, an endplate at an axial end of the plurality of battery cells, and a corrugated area of the endplate. The corrugated area has a plurality of corrugations that flatten to accommodate expansion of the plurality of battery cells along the axis.