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US 9,853,277 B2Granted
Bus bar assembly including biased bus bar
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsScott Benedict, Tom M. Gunther, Stuart Schreiber, Francisco Fernandez
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Abstract
An assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of battery cells and a bus bar assembly received over the plurality of battery cells. The bus bar assembly comprises a housing, a bus bar received within the housing and a retention device disengageable from the bus bar to move the bus bar between a first position and a second position.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of battery cells;
- a bus bar assembly received over said plurality of battery cells, said bus bar assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a bus bar received within said housing;
- and
- a retention device disengageable from said bus bar to move said bus bar between a first position and a second position, and said retention device is separate from any portion of said plurality of battery cells.
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A method, comprising:
- positioning a bus bar within a bus bar assembly to locate the bus bar in a first position relative to a battery cell terminal;
- holding the bus bar in the first position with a retention device of the bus bar assembly;
- and
- moving the bus bar from the first position to a second position by disengaging the retention device from the bus bar.
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A bus bar assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a bus bar received within said housing;
- and
- a retention device that is pivotable to disengage said retention device from said bus bar and move said bus bar between a first position and a second position relative to said housing.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a bus bar assembly including a housing, a bus bar received within said housing, a retention device configured to hold said bus bar in a first position relative to a battery cell, and a biasing member attached to said housing and configured to move said bus bar to a second position relative to said battery cell upon disengaging said retention device from said bus bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.