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US 11,239,506 B2Granted
Thermal event detection for battery packs
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSuriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam, Kanchana Perumalla, Mohammadreza Eftekhari
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to thermal event detection for battery packs of electrified vehicles. An example electrified vehicle includes a battery assembly including an enclosure assembly surrounding at least one battery array, and a controller configured to receive information associated with the battery assembly and detect a thermal event based on the information. The controller is configured to issue a plurality of corrective action commands following detection of the thermal event.
Claims18
An electrified vehicle, comprising:
- a battery assembly including an enclosure assembly surrounding at least one battery array;
- and
- a controller configured to receive information associated with the battery assembly and detect a thermal event based on the information, and wherein the controller is configured to issue a plurality of corrective action commands following detection of the thermal event,
- wherein the enclosure assembly includes a tray and a cover,
- wherein an interface between the tray and cover is configured to prevent fluid from exiting an interior of the enclosure assembly via the interface, and
- wherein the cover includes a lip outward of and beneath a rim of the tray.
3 more elements
A method, comprising:
- detecting a thermal event associated with a battery assembly of an electrified vehicle based on information associated with the battery assembly, wherein the battery includes an enclosure assembly surrounding at least one battery array, wherein the enclosure assembly includes a tray and a cover, wherein an interface between the tray and cover is configured to prevent fluid from exiting an interior of the enclosure assembly via the interface, and wherein the cover includes a lip outward of and beneath a rim of the tray;
- and
- issuing a plurality of corrective action commands following detection of the thermal event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.