ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,624, issued on March 3, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Thermal insulating joints for traction battery packs" was invented by Chung-Hsing Kuo (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Yongcai Wang (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary traction battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles may include a thermal insulating joint configured to isolate a heat transfer path at one or more structural connections between an enclosure tray and a battery internal structure (e.g., heat exchanger plate, cross member, etc.) of the traction battery pack. The thermal insulating joint may include a first th...