US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Thermal barrier for busbar of traction battery" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,892, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Thermal barrier for busbar of traction battery" was invented by Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala (Troy, Mich.), Joseph Ravenscroft (Dearborn, Mich.), James Lawrence Swoish (Northville, Mich.), Brian Utley (Canton, Mich.) and Ravi Saripella (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A busbar assembly includes a busbar core configured to electrically couple a first component to a second component. The busbar core has a first connection portion that directly connects the busbar core to the first component, a second connection portion that direc...