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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Tommy M. Gunther, Canton, MI (US);
Wei Long Qiu, Canton, MI (US);
Yunan Guo, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Louis Paspal, Canton, MI (US);
Francisco Fernandez, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 6/00 (2006.01); H01M 2/20 (2006.01); B23K 31/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/206 (2013.01); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); B23K 31/02 (2013.01); H01M 2/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of welding a bus bar to battery cell terminals to produce a bus bar clip assembly. A bus bar is provided with spring clips. The clips fit over the battery terminals and hold the bus bar and terminals in contact for welding the components together.