US 12,451,570 B2
Traction battery assembly having battery pack module and sense lead header and connecting method
Francisco Fernandez-Galindo, Canton, MI (US); Daniel Paul Roberts, Livonia, MI (US); and Nihar Kotak, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/340,234.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393318 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/569 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/569 (2021.01) [H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2010/4278 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traction battery assembly, comprising:
an array sense lead header of a battery array;
a plurality of sense leads extending from the array sense lead header to areas of the battery array; and
a battery pack module having a module connector, the battery pack module configured to move relative to the battery array from a disengaged position where the module connector and the array sense lead header are disengaged to an engaged position where the module connector and the array sense lead header are engaged.