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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vineeth Seshadri Kallur, Novi, MI (US);
Hari Addanki, Novi, MI (US);
Brian Utley, Canton, MI (US);
Steve F. Chorian, Canton, MI (US);
Debbi Callicoat, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/20 (2006.01); H01M 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/206 (2013.01); H01M 2/305 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49204 (2015.01);
Abstract
An example method of connecting an electric vehicle battery includes welding a landing of a terminal to a bus bar, and pressing a landing of the terminal and the bus bar against one another during the welding. The landing is along a first plane and a base of the terminal is along a second plane that is spaced from the first plane.