Thermal barrier assembly for traction battery pack
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDaniel Paul Roberts, Francisco Fernandez-Galindo, John Hammack McCormick, David Doman
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Abstract
A traction battery pack assembly includes an enclosure assembly that provides an interior area. A cell stack is disposed within the interior area The cell stack has a plurality of battery cells disposed along a cell stack axis. Terminal tabs of the battery cells project outward from the cell stack axis. A thermal barrier is within the interior area. The thermal barrier has a fingers spaced from each other to provide at least one slot that receives a portion of at least one of the terminal tabs.
Claims20
A traction battery pack assembly, comprising:
- an enclosure assembly that provides an interior area;
- a cell stack within the interior area, the cell stack having a plurality of battery cells disposed along a cell stack axis, each battery cell within the plurality of battery cells includes at least one terminal tab that project outward from the cell stack axis;
- and
- a thermal barrier within the interior area, the thermal barrier having a plurality of fingers spaced from each other to provide at least one slot that receives a portion of the at least one terminal tab.
A traction battery pack assembly, comprising:
- a thermal barrier having a plurality of fingers spaced from each other to provide a plurality of slots, each of the slots within the plurality of slots configured to receive a portion of at least one terminal tab that extends from a battery cell.
A method of providing a thermal barrier within a battery pack, comprising:
- placing a cell stack within an interior area of an enclosure;
- inserting a thermal barrier into the interior area;
- and
- during the inserting, receiving at least one tab terminal of the cell stack within a slot of the thermal barrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.