Traction battery assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTommy M. Gunther, Rajaram Subramanian, Stuart Schreiber, John Jardine, Keith Kearney
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Abstract
A traction battery assembly for a vehicle includes an array of cells stacked on a tray. The array of cells defines opposing longitudinal sides and opposing lateral sides. First and second L-shaped components are attached to the tray. Each of the components includes an end wall and a sidewall that are integrally formed to define a substantially 90° corner. The first and second components are attached together such that each of the sidewalls is disposed adjacent one of the longitudinal sides and each of the end walls is disposed adjacent one of the lateral sides to form a housing around the tray that has an open top and an open bottom.
Claims17
A traction battery assembly comprising:
- a tray;
- cells each including a terminal side opposite the tray, and stacked in an array that is disposed on the tray;
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- a pair of congruent L-shaped side components arranged to form a housing surrounding a perimeter of the array, and being attached together only at two corners to define an open top, the housing being attached to the tray such that the terminal sides extend through the top.
A traction battery assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a tray;
- a plurality of cells each including a tray side disposed against the tray and a terminal side opposite the tray side, wherein the cells are stacked in an array that has longitudinal and lateral sides oriented substantially perpendicular to the tray;
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- first and second L-shaped components each including a sidewall disposed against one of the longitudinal sides and an end wall disposed against one of the lateral sides, the pair of components being attached together only at two corners and cooperating to form a housing having an open bottom and surrounding a perimeter of the array, wherein the housing is attached to the tray such that the tray sides extend through the open bottom to contact the tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.