ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,775, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Traction battery assembly having busbar module" was invented by Paul John Bojanowski (Macomb Township, Mich.), Brian Utley (Canton, Mich.) and Michael Orr (Ferndale, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A traction battery includes a stack of cells each having two terminals. Sets of terminals are connected to busbars to electrically connect the battery cells. The busbars have a base, a set of connecting portions, and a set of stiffeners. The terminals have protruding portions and receding portions. As the busbar is positioned with respect to the...