US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Aug. 25 for "Multifunctional cross-member beams for traction battery packs" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,111, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Multifunctional cross-member beams for traction battery packs" was invented by Patrick Daniel Maguire (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Deanna Marie Winton Hoffman (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Brock Dunlap (Dearborn, Mich.), Michael E. Reibling (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Marc Dugas (Wixom, Mich.), Mohammadreza Eftekhari (Novi, Mich.), Adam Denlinger (Saline, Mich.) and David Wilson (South Lyon, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Multifunctional cross-member beams are provided for use within traction battery packs. An exemplary cross-member beam may include features f...