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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rajaram Subramanian, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Patrick Daniel Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tommy M. Gunther, Canton, MI (US);
Keith Kearney, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Stuart Schreiber, Inkster, MI (US);
John Jardine, Harrison Twp., MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle including a pair of spaced apart battery cell arrays, a pair of sub-structures configured to retain the arrays, and a thermal plate assembly disposed between the arrays is provided. Each of the sub-structures may include opposing endplates and opposing upper and lower sidewalls secured to the endplates and each having a flange extending toward and overlapping with the respective flange of the other sub-structure to join the sub-structures without mechanical fastening. The thermal plate assembly may be disposed between the overlapping flanges and the arrays to form a sandwich formation. The thermal plate assembly may include at least one thermal interface component disposed on a side of a thermal plate, and in contact with a portion of at least one of the battery cell arrays.