Battery array busbar frame designs

Abstract

Battery array busbar frame designs are disclosed for use within traction battery packs. An exemplary battery array may include a busbar frame that includes features that facilitate the use of mechanical fastenerless connections inside the battery array. These features may include legs that can be mounted to a top cover and/or bottom cover of an array housing via an adhesive, and holders that provide an interface for connecting cell spacers to the busbar frame in order to mitigate busbar frame and/or cell spacer motion and increase the structural integrity of the battery array. Gaps between adjacent legs of the busbar frame may further establish coolant flow passages for directing a coolant around battery cells in order to thermally manage the battery array.

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