Battery cell assembly support structure
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEric Poirier, Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush
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Abstract
An exemplary battery cell support structure includes a thermal exchange plate, and a plurality of support fins providing a cavity to receive a battery cell assembly. The plurality of support fins extend directly from the thermal exchange plate. An exemplary method of supporting a battery cell within a battery pack includes positioning a battery cell assembly within a cavity provided by a plurality of support fins extending directly from a thermal exchange plate.
Claims18
A support structure for a battery cell assembly, comprising:
- a thermal exchange plate;
- and
- a plurality of support fins, a first and a second fin within the plurality of support fins providing a cavity to receive at least one battery cell assembly that is press-fit between the first and second fins, the plurality of support fins extending directly from the thermal exchange plate,
- wherein the cavity has a height and the at least one battery cell has a height that is the same as the cavity height.
A method of supporting a battery cell assemblies within a battery pack, comprising:
- positioning at least one battery cell assembly within a cavity provided by a plurality of support fins extending directly from a thermal exchange plate;
- and
- press-fitting the at least one battery cell assembly into the cavity during the positioning,
- wherein the cavity has a height and the at least one battery cell has a battery cell height that corresponds to the cavity height.
A battery array assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of battery cells disposed along an axis;
- a thermal exchange plate;
- and
- a plurality of support fins, each of the support fins axially spaced from the other support fins to provide a plurality of cavities,
- at least one of the plurality of battery cells press-fit within each of the cavities, the support fins extending directly from thermal exchange plate in a direction D plate at least as far as a surface of the at least one of the plurality of battery cells, the plurality of battery cells each including at least one terminal extending through the surface in the direction D.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.