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US 2015/0318524 A1Published application
Terminal holder for electric vehicle battery assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRonald D. Gilland, Adam Denlinger, Tom M. Gunther, Rajaram Subramanian, Edward Popyk
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Abstract
An electric vehicle battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a battery cell, a rail securing the cell, and a terminal holder in direct contact with the rail.
Claims20
An electric vehicle battery assembly, comprising:
- a battery cell;
- a rail securing the cell;
- and
- a terminal holder in direct contact with the rail.
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A terminal holder for an electric vehicle battery assembly, comprising:
- a main body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface;
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- a side rail protection portion including a flange extending downward from the lower surface of the main body portion.
An electric vehicle battery assembly, comprising:
- a battery cell;
- a side rail adjacent a side of the cell;
- an upper rail adjacent an upper surface of the cell;
- a terminal;
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- a terminal holder including a main body portion in contact with the terminal, the terminal holder including a side rail protection portion overhanging the side of the cell and directly contacting the side rail, and the terminal holder further including an upper rail protection portion extending upward from the main body portion and directly contacting the upper rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.