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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Mujeeb Ijaz, Leonard, MI (US);
Brian D. Rutkowski, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Benjamin J. Sinsheimer, Plymouth, MI (US);
Chad J. Allison, South Lyon, MI (US);
Shazad M. Butt, Troy, MI (US);
Jonathan Hostler, Canton, MI (US);
Mujeeb Ijaz, Leonard, MI (US);
Brian D. Rutkowski, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Benjamin J. Sinsheimer, Plymouth, MI (US);
Chad J. Allison, South Lyon, MI (US);
Shazad M. Butt, Troy, MI (US);
Jonathan Hostler, Canton, MI (US);
A123 Systems LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A battery system comprises a battery cell having a cell body and a voltage terminal extending out of the cell body and having first and second terminal edges; a busbar to which an upper end of the voltage terminal is electrically connected; and a zipper fuse formed in a portion of the terminal between the cell body and the busbar, wherein the zipper fuse comprises an array of perforations through the voltage terminal and extending across the voltage terminal from the first edge to the second edge.