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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Masahiro Kimoto, Plymouth, MI (US);
Debbi Callicoat, Livonia, MI (US);
Rajesh Narayanan, Canton, MI (US);
Francisco Fernandez-Galindo, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/20 (2006.01); H01M 2/30 (2006.01); H01M 2/34 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/34 (2013.01); B60L 11/1879 (2013.01); H01M 2/206 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle power system may include a battery array having at least one battery with a bus bar connected to an electrical bus. The power system may also include a conductive lead of a sensor welded to the bus bar to form a joint defined by a plurality of stitches, a net cross-sectional area of the plurality being less than a cross-sectional area of the lead such that short-circuit current from the battery array melts the joint to protect the sensor.