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US 9,287,547 B2Granted
Material and coating for interconnector busbars
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorHumi Widhalm
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an electrochemical system includes an interconnector busbar including a substrate and a coating contacting the substrate, the coating including a layer of electroplated elemental nickel.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- electroplating a nickel outer layer onto a base layer;
- forming a busbar from the base layer and nickel outer layer to obtain a busbar nickel outer layer contacting a busbar base layer;
- and
- joining the busbar to a battery cell terminal such that the busbar nickel outer layer contacts the battery cell terminal;
- wherein the nickel outer layer does not include a significant amount of any element other than nickel.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- electroplating a nickel outer layer onto a base layer of a busbar to form a busbar nickel outer layer contacting a busbar base layer;
- and
- joining the busbar to a battery cell terminal such that the busbar nickel outer layer contacts the battery cell terminal;
- wherein the nickel outer layer does not include a significant amount of any element other than nickel.
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A method comprising:
- electroplating a nickel outer layer onto an aluminum base layer;
- forming a busbar from the aluminum base layer and nickel outer layer to obtain a busbar nickel outer layer contacting a busbar aluminum base layer;
- and
- joining the busbar to a battery cell terminal such that the busbar nickel outer layer contacts the battery cell terminal;
- wherein the nickel outer layer does not include a significant amount of any element other than nickel.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.