US 12,463,269 B2
Battery array frames with split thermal fin designs for reducing thermal interface material usage
Rajaram Subramanian, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Dave Moschet, Dearborn, MI (US); James Maurice Boileau, Novi, MI (US); Shamsuddin A. Syed, Canton, MI (US); and Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/166,136.
Application 18/166,136 is a division of application No. 17/010,135, filed on Sep. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,581,595.
Prior Publication US 2023/0187726 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 10/6555 (2014.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/6551 (2015.04) [H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 10/6555 (2015.04); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery array frame, comprising:
a frame body including a first frame section and a second frame section connected to the first frame section;
a first thermal fin section held within the first frame section;
a second thermal fin section held within the second frame section and received in abutting contact with the first thermal fin section; and
a protruding fin positioned in contact with a bottom wall of the second frame section in order to bias the second thermal fin section in a direction away from the frame body,
wherein the second thermal fin section includes a first portion embedded within the second frame section of the frame body and a second portion that extends outside of the second frame section, and the second portion is a flat, non-tubular structure.