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US 10,854,865 B2Granted
Electrified vehicle busbar secured using a deformed area of an attachment structure
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsYongcai Wang, Yunan Guo, Jingmei Shen, Ahteram Khan
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Abstract
A busbar assembly includes, among other things, a busbar, a battery terminal, and a deformed area securing together the busbar and the battery terminal. A securing method includes, among other things, positioning a first portion of an attachment structure within an aperture, deforming a second portion of the attachment structure to provide a deformed area, and using the deformed area to secure a busbar relative to a battery terminal.
Claims20
A battery assembly, comprising:
- a busbar;
- a battery terminal;
- a deformed area securing together the busbar and the battery terminal;
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- an attachment structure extending from the busbar or the battery terminal, the attachment structure including the deformed area, wherein the attachment structure includes array of fins and a collar, the array of fins and the collar circumferentially distributed about an axis.
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A battery assembly, comprising:
- a battery cell;
- a battery terminal of the battery cell;
- a busbar;
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- an attachment structure including a collar and an array of fins circumferentially disposed about an axis, the collar of the attachment structure extending from the terminal away from the battery cell, the collar at least partially disposed within an aperture of the busbar, the array of fins folded against a surface of the busbar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.