US 12,136,737 B2
Channel brackets with integrated retention loops for retaining battery pack internal components
Tarek Obeid, Dearborn Heights, MI (US); and Ihab Grace, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/794,470.
Prior Publication US 2021/0257598 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/20 (2021.01) [H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack, comprising:
an enclosure assembly;
a first battery array housed within the enclosure assembly;
a first channel bracket mounted to first battery array and including a mounting platform and a loop connected to the mounting platform by a tether,
wherein the tether is movable between an unfolded position in which the loop is displaced from the mounting platform and a second position in which the loop is received against an upper surface of the mounting platform; and
a battery internal component retained by the first channel bracket.