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US 8,709,644 B2Granted
Battery cell separator
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPatrick Daniel Maguire, Saravanan Paramasivam, James George Gebbie, Brian Utley
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Abstract
A battery cell separator includes rib supports and ribs connected between the rib supports. The rib supports and the ribs form a cartridge pocket configured to receive a battery cell with the rib supports and the ribs each forming a respective side of the cartridge pocket. In another battery module, the rib supports and the ribs form respective pockets fore and aft of the ribs with each pocket being configured to receive a battery cell.
Claims18
A battery module comprising:
- a battery cell separator having first and second rib supports and a plurality of ribs connected between the rib supports, wherein the rib supports and the ribs form respective pockets fore and aft of the ribs with each pocket being configured to receive a battery cell, the first rib support and the ribs form a converging fluid inlet and the second rib support and the ribs form a diverging fluid outlet.
A battery module comprising:
- a first battery cell separator having first and second rib supports and first and second pluralities of ribs connected between the rib supports, wherein the rib supports and the ribs form a first cartridge pocket configured to receive a battery cell with the first rib support, the second rib support, the first plurality of ribs, and the second plurality of ribs each forming a respective side of the cartridge pocket;
- wherein each of the first plurality of ribs corresponds to a respective rib of the second plurality of ribs, wherein the corresponding ribs are vertically offset from one another.
A battery module comprising:
- a first battery cell separator having first and second rib supports and first and second pluralities of ribs connected between the rib supports, wherein the rib supports and the ribs form a first cartridge pocket configured to receive a first battery cell with the first and second rib supports and the first and second pluralities of ribs each forming a respective side of the first cartridge pocket;
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- a second battery cell separator having first and second rib supports and first and second pluralities of ribs connected between the rib supports, wherein the rib supports and the ribs form a second cartridge pocket configured to receive a second battery cell with the first and second rib supports and the first and second pluralities of ribs each forming a respective side of the second cartridge pocket;
- wherein the separators are stacked side-by-side with the first plurality of ribs of the first separator respectively butting up against the first plurality of ribs of the second separator;
- wherein each of the first plurality of ribs of the first separator corresponds to a respective one of the second plurality of ribs of the first separator, wherein the corresponding ribs of the first separator are vertically offset with respect to one another;
- wherein each of the first plurality of ribs of the second separator corresponds to a respective one of the second plurality of ribs of the second separator, wherein the corresponding ribs of the second separator are vertically offset with respect to one another;
- wherein corresponding ones of the first plurality of ribs of the first and second separators are vertically aligned with one another and corresponding ones of the second plurality of ribs of the first and second separator are vertically aligned with one another.
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