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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stuart Schreiber, Inkster, MI (US);
Patrick Daniel Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rajaram Subramanian, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Edward Popyk, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith Kearney, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of battery cells and a support structure positioned about the plurality of battery cells. The support structure includes at least one sidewall and the at least one sidewall includes a first flange that extends adjacent a top surface of each of the plurality of battery cells and a second flange that extends beyond a bottom surface of each of the plurality of battery cells.