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US 2022/0089009 A1Published application
Traction battery protection assembly and method
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJohn MARSHALL, Ihab GRACE, Rajaram SUBRAMANIAN, Sean BRADY, John JARDINE, Micah SMITH, Mike POPOVSKI, Charles MOORE, Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam
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Abstract
An electrified vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a traction battery, and at least one shield extending longitudinally and having a portion that is vertically beneath the traction battery. The shield is removably fastened directly to the traction battery.
Claims19
A vehicle assembly, comprising:
- a traction battery;
- and
- at least one shield extending longitudinally and having a portion that is vertically beneath the traction battery, the at least one shield removably fastened directly to the traction battery.
A traction battery protection method, comprising:
- attaching a shield to a traction battery such that the shield has a portion that is vertically beneath the traction battery, the shield extending longitudinally beneath an outboard side of the traction battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.