US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 23 for "Retention assemblies for traction battery packs with cell-to-pack battery systems" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,695, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Retention assemblies for traction battery packs with cell-to-pack battery systems" was invented by Jim Chang (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Patrick Daniel Maguire (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Mohammadreza Eftekhari (Novi, Mich.) and Jason C. Marcath (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Retention assemblies are disclosed for retaining a battery cell stack/matrix relative to an enclosure tray on traction battery packs that include cell-to-pack battery systems. The retention assemblies may be positioned between a cell stack/cell matrix and an interior surf...