US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on March 3 for "Shim systems for traction battery packs" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,642, issued on March 3, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Shim systems for traction battery packs" was invented by Patrick Daniel Maguire (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Che-Chun Chang (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Marc Dugas (Wixom, Mich.) and Mohammadreza Eftekhari (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Traction battery packs are disclosed that include battery systems. A cell stack/cell matrix of the battery system may be positioned within an enclosure tray of the traction battery pack. A wedge insert may be positioned at an interface between the cell stack/cell matrix and a side wall of the enclosure tray. The side w...