US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 3 for "Battery pack including busbar frame configured as coolant manifold" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,172, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Battery pack including busbar frame configured as coolant manifold" was invented by Liam E. West (Ferndale, Mich.), Nathan Lee (Novi, Mich.) and Wen Dai (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to battery packs for electrified vehicles, and in particular relates to a battery pack including a busbar frame configured as a coolant manifold. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a battery pack, including: a battery array, wherein the battery array includes a plurality of battery cells and ...