US 12,090,866 B2
Traction battery circuit interrupter assembly and interruption method
Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam, Canton, MI (US); John Marshall, Belleville, MI (US); Vijay Pachore, Troy, MI (US); Micah Smith, Detroit, MI (US); and Brian D. Bishop, Ira Township, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/498,120.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115154 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 3/04 (2006.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 50/64 (2019.02) [B60L 3/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.02); B60L 58/10 (2019.02); B60R 16/0207 (2013.01); H01R 13/62933 (2013.01); B60L 2220/10 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traction battery assembly, comprising:
a traction battery;
an electric machine, the electric machine a traction motor of an electrified vehicle;
an electrical harness assembly; and
a protrusion adjacent the electrical harness assembly, the protrusion configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to a loading event,
when the protrusion is in the first position, the protrusion is spaced a distance from the electrical harness assembly, and the electric machine is electrically coupled to the traction battery through the electrical harness assembly,
when the protrusion is in the second position, the electric machine is electrically decoupled from the traction battery.