Traction battery pack enclosure seal assembly and sealing method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsXiaogang Zhang, Nathaniel Conti, Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson, Parikshit S. Gupte
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Abstract
An assembly includes a first piece of an enclosure having an interior area. The first piece has a first flange that projects outward from the interior area. The assembly also includes a second piece of the enclosure, the second piece including a second flange that projects outward from the interior area. The assembly further includes a gasket seal that is sandwiched between the first and second flanges. The first and second flanges are secured together at a flange-to-flange interface that is between the gasket seal and the interior area.
Claims18
An assembly, comprising:
- a first piece of an enclosure having an interior area, the first piece including a first flange that projects outward from the interior area,
- a second piece of the enclosure, the second piece including a second flange that projects outward from the interior area;
- a gasket seal sandwiched between the first and second flanges, the first and second flanges secured together at a flange-to-flange interface that is between the gasket seal and the interior area;
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- a plurality of fasteners that connect the first flange to the second flange along the flange-to-flange interface.
An enclosure securing method, comprising:
- sealing an interface by compressing a gasket seal between a first flange of a first piece of an enclosure and a second flange of a second piece of the enclosure, the enclosure providing an interior area that houses a plurality of battery cells;
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- securing the first flange to the second flange along a flange-to-flange interface that is between the gasket seal and the interior area, wherein a plurality of fasteners connect the first flange to the second flange along the flange-to-flange interface during the securing.
An assembly, comprising:
- a first piece of an enclosure having an interior area, the first piece including a first flange that projects outward from the interior area,
- a second piece of the enclosure, the second piece including a second flange that projects outward from the interior area;
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- a gasket seal sandwiched between the first and second flanges, the first and second flanges secured together at a flange-to-flange interface that is between the gasket seal and the interior area, wherein the first and second flanges directly contact each other at the flange-to-flange interface that is between the gasket seal and the interior area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.