US 12,261,310 B2
Traction battery cell expansion accommodating endplate and expansion accommodating method
Xiao Guang Yang, Northville, MI (US); Jingmei Shen, Troy, MI (US); Bogdan Bude, Canton, MI (US); Pratima Addepalli, Saline, MI (US); and Connor McCann, Berkley, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/081,404.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131118 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01)
CPC H01M 50/20 (2021.01) [H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traction battery assembly, comprising:
a plurality of battery cells disposed along an axis;
an endplate at an axial end of the plurality of battery cells; and
a corrugated area of the endplate, the corrugated area having a plurality of corrugations that flatten to accommodate expansion of the plurality of battery cells along the axis, the plurality of corrugations established within a side of the endplate that faces the plurality of battery cells and in an opposite side of the endplate that faces away from the plurality of battery cells.