US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 23 for "Electrified vehicle battery packs with polymer-based enclosures" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,729, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Electrified vehicle battery packs with polymer-based enclosures" was invented by Thomas Edward Smith (Livonia, Mich.), Patrick Daniel Maguire (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Kanchana Perumalla (Troy, Mich.), Mohammadreza Eftekhari (Novi, Mich.), Saravanan Paramasivam (South Lyon, Mich.) and James Maurice Boileau (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles may include a polymer-based enclosure having features for sealing external joints, retaining components inside the battery pack, securing electrical an...