Battery pack retention assembly and retention method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsShamsuddin A. Syed, Saravanan Paramasivam, Rajaram Subramanian, David J. Pfeiffer
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Abstract
An exemplary battery pack retention assembly includes, among other things, a conforming bracket that secures a battery array within a battery pack. The conforming bracket includes platforms configured to flex as the conforming bracket is secured. The flexing facilitates aligning an area of the conforming bracket with a thermal exchange plate. An exemplary battery pack retention method includes, among other things, flexing a conforming bracket to reduce a gap between the battery array and a thermal exchange plate. The flexing occurs when securing a battery array to within a battery pack.
Claims19
An assembly, comprising:
- a conforming bracket that secures a battery array within a battery pack, the conforming bracket including a plurality of platforms configured to flex as the conforming bracket is secured to align an area of the conforming bracket with a thermal exchange plate.
A method of securing portions of a battery pack, comprising:
- when securing a battery array within a battery pack, flexing a conforming bracket to reduce a gap between the battery array and a thermal exchange plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.