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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Marc Dugas, Wixom, MI (US);
Robert C. Keeton, Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/516 (2021.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); B23K 26/60 (2014.01); B23K 101/36 (2006.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 50/516 (2021.01); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); B23K 26/60 (2015.10); B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 50/543 (2021.01); B23K 2101/36 (2018.08); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Bus bar welding solutions are disclosed for electrically connecting bus bars to battery cell terminals within a battery system. An exemplary method may include performing weld repair operations. The weld repair operations may include creating a repair weld bead at a weld repair zone of the bus bar. The weld repair zone may include an area of the bus bar that is covered by a pressing device during a pressing operation and a primary welding operation of the method.