US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Feb. 10 for "Thermal barrier integrated busbar systems for traction battery packs" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,856, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Thermal barrier integrated busbar systems for traction battery packs" was invented by Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala (Troy, Mich.), Joseph Ravenscroft (Dearborn, Mich.), Steve F. Chorian (Canton, Mich.) and Michael Barr (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Busbar systems are provided for use within traction battery packs. The busbar systems may include one or more integrated thermal barriers for mitigating the effects of battery thermal events. The thermal barriers may be integrated as part of an outer housing of the busbar system, as part of ...