US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Nov. 4 for "Battery array frames with split thermal fin designs for reducing thermal interface material usage" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,269, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Battery array frames with split thermal fin designs for reducing thermal interface material usage" was invented by Rajaram Subramanian (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Dave Moschet (Dearborn, Mich.), James Maurice Boileau (Novi, Mich.), Shamsuddin A. Syed (Canton, Mich.) and Suriyaprakash Ayyangar Janarthanam (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Battery pack designs are provided for use in electrified vehicles. Exemplary battery packs may include a battery array that includes one or more interconnected array frames. A split thermal fin may be held with...