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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Zeinab Jomaa, Dearborn, MI (US);
Alex Revels, Canton, MI (US);
Michael E. Reibling, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Deanna Marie Winton Hoffman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 10/658 (2014.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 10/658 (2015.04); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Bus bar routing configurations are provided for traction battery packs. Exemplary routing configurations may position the bus bar over top of one or more cells stacks of the traction battery pack. A structural cross-member beam of each cell stack may include a notch for accommodating the bus bar. The bus bar may therefore be conveniently nested within the cross-member beam without increasing the vertical or 'z-axis' footprint of the traction battery pack.