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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Lohr, Canton, MI (US);
Hyung Min Baek, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/02 (2006.01); H01M 2/10 (2006.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 2/20 (2006.01); B60L 11/18 (2006.01); H01M 10/6557 (2014.01); H01M 2/12 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/1077 (2013.01); B60L 11/1877 (2013.01); H01M 2/206 (2013.01); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/6557 (2015.04); H01M 2/12 (2013.01); H01M 10/0481 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A traction battery assembly includes first and second arrays each having cells with terminals on a terminal side of the array. The arrays are arranged with the terminal sides facing each other. A thermal plate is disposed between the arrays and is in contact with the terminal sides. A busbar mechanically and electrically connects a terminal of a cell in the first array to a terminal of a cell in the second array.