Patents by Inventor Daniel Maguire

Daniel Maguire has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY MID-TRAYS FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY PACKS
    Publication number: 20190221793
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery array and an enclosure assembly housing the battery array. The enclosure assembly includes a tray, a cover, and a mid-tray. A plurality of internal components are secured within the mid-tray to establish an electrical subassembly within the enclosure assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kyle KRUEGER, Patrick Daniel MAGUIRE, Mohammadreza EFTEKHARI
  • TRACTION BATTERY PACK SERVICE PANEL
    Publication number: 20190221800
    Abstract: An exemplary battery assembly includes, among other things, an enclosure defining an interior, and a frame disposed within a wall of the enclosure. The frame includes at least one retention feature configured to hold a service panel in a position where the service panel covers an opening to the interior. An exemplary method includes, among other things, transitioning a service panel to an engaged position with at least one retention feature to secure the service panel in a position where the service panel covers an opening in an enclosure. The at least one retention feature is provided by a frame disposed within a wall of the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Manan Prafulchandra Sevak, Patrick Daniel Maguire, George Albert Garfinkel
  • POLYMER-BASED BATTERY ENCLOSURE WITH VENT MANIFOLD
    Publication number: 20190221802
    Abstract: An exemplary battery assembly includes, among other things, a battery array, and an expanded polymer-based enclosure that at least partially surrounds the battery array. The expanded polymer-based enclosure includes a vent manifold to communicate gases vented from the battery array. An exemplary method includes, among other things, forming a vent manifold within a polymer-based enclosure. The vent manifold is to communicate gases vented from a battery array. The method further includes at least partially surrounding the battery array with the polymer-based enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Kyle Krueger, Mohammadreza Eftekhari
  • Battery pack array separator
    Patent number: 10355259
    Abstract: An exemplary method of securing battery cells of a battery pack includes limiting upward movement of a separator by blocking movement of a projection with a structure. The projection extends from a spacer section of the separator and has a hook shape with an upwardly extending portion outside the structure. The method further includes limiting upward movement of a battery cell using the separator. Another exemplary method of securing battery cells of a battery pack includes limiting movement of a separator in a direction by blocking movement of a projection in the direction. The projection extends from a spacer section of the separator. The projection has a hook shape with a portion extending in the direction. The spacer section and the portion are on opposite sides of a structure. The method further includes limiting movement of a battery cell in the direction using the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Hyung Min Baek, Brian Utley
  • HYBRID ENERGY STORAGE AND DELIVERY DEVICES FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20190202500
    Abstract: A hybrid energy storage and delivery device includes a plastic enclosure that establishes a first sealed chamber and a second sealed chamber. The first sealed chamber is configured as a fuel tank for storing a liquid fuel and the second sealed chamber is configured as a battery pack for storing electrical energy. Thus, the fuel tank and battery pack may be integrated together within a single enclosure in order to improve vehicle packaging efficiencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin A. Montgomery, Hari Krishna Addanki, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Keith Kearney
  • Vent devices for electrified vehicle battery packs
    Patent number: 10312490
    Abstract: A battery pack according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure that houses at least one battery cell and a vent device comprised of a polymeric material and adapted to discharge battery vent byproducts vented by the battery cell to a location external to the enclosure while preventing ingress of environmental fluids into the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Service panel for accessing a serviceable part
    Patent number: 10312489
    Abstract: A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure assembly defining an interior and a service panel integrally formed in the enclosure assembly. The service panel includes a ductile portion that is removable to access the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Traction battery retention assembly
    Patent number: 10230083
    Abstract: An exemplary traction battery retention assembly includes an attachment feature formed with a portion of an enclosure that houses a battery array. The attachment feature is sized such that a portion of the attachment feature can be received within an attachment feature of the battery array to hold the battery array within the enclosure. Another exemplary traction battery retention assembly includes a projection from an outer wall of a battery array. An attachment feature is formed with a portion of an enclosure that houses the battery array and includes an overhang surface to a surface of the projection to hold the array relative to the enclosure. Yet another traction battery pack assembly includes an enclosure of a battery pack that is formed together with a rib having sides extending to an end face. The rib extends to a structure housed within the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Hyung Min Baek, Stephen Liptak, Olivia Lomax, Rodolfo Palma, Sr., Yi Zhang
  • Low profile battery assembly for electrified vehicles
    Patent number: 10199699
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a plurality of battery cells and a support structure positioned about the plurality of battery cells. The support structure includes at least one sidewall and the at least one sidewall includes a first flange that extends adjacent a top surface of each of the plurality of battery cells and a second flange that extends beyond a bottom surface of each of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Schreiber, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Rajaram Subramanian, Edward Popyk, Keith Kearney
  • Battery thermal interface material installation assembly and method
    Patent number: 10109901
    Abstract: An exemplary thermal interface material installation method includes, among other things, moving a material through a conduit to a cavity within a battery array. The conduit is at least partially provided by a thermal exchange plate of the battery array. The method further includes holding the material within the cavity to provide a thermal interface material between the thermal exchange plate and at least one battery cell assembly. An exemplary battery thermal interface material installation assembly includes a thermal exchange plate including a conduit with at least one inlet that opens to an exterior of a battery array, and at least one outlet that opens to a cavity between the thermal exchange plate and a plurality of battery cell assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin James Rhodes, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Juil Yum
  • Battery thermal management system for electrified vehicle
    Patent number: 10109897
    Abstract: A battery system includes a first battery module, a second battery module, a supply line, a return line, and a film heater. The supply and return lines are configured to circulate a heat transfer medium in response to a first temperature condition, and the film heat is configured to heat the first battery module and the second battery module in response to a second temperature condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Harold J. Haskins, Theodore James Miller, Xiao Guang Yang, Patrick Daniel Maguire, OuJung Kwon, James Matthew Marcicki
  • Array frame design for electrified vehicle battery arrays
    Patent number: 10103368
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a tray, an array frame positioned relative to the tray and that houses at least one battery cell, and a retention clip mounted to the tray and engageable with a portion of the array frame. The portion or the retention clip is flexible and the other of the portion and the retention clip is rigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Gunna, Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Support structure for battery cells within a traction battery assembly
    Patent number: 10090494
    Abstract: A traction battery assembly may include an array of battery cells having opposing end faces, opposing side faces, and a bottom face. The assembly may also include a pair of end plates and a pair of side plates arranged to form a four-sided enclosure around the end and side faces and configured to compress and retain the cells without being mechanically attached thereto or covering the bottom face. The side plates may partially cover an upper portion of the array. The side plates may have a lower horizontal edge, an upper horizontal edge, and at least one diagonal reinforcement rib configured to extend from a location where the vertical edge and lower horizontal edge meet upward to the upper horizontal edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Utley, Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Battery pack securing method
    Patent number: 10069123
    Abstract: An exemplary securing method includes securing a battery pack relative to a portion of an electrified vehicle by engaging a retention feature inside a perimeter of a battery pack enclosure, and by fastening the battery pack enclosure to the portion with at least one fastener outside the perimeter. The perimeter is established by a plurality of sidewalls and endwalls of the battery pack enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY PACKS WITH BATTERY ATTACHMENT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20180212292
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a heat exchanger plate having a first attachment feature and a battery assembly having a second attachment feature configured to engage the first attachment feature as the battery assembly is moved against the heat exchanger plate to thermally couple the battery assembly to the heat exchanger plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Hyung Min Baek
  • Battery enclosure vent assembly and venting method
    Patent number: 10020477
    Abstract: An exemplary assembly includes an enclosure wall of an enclosure that houses at least one battery cell, and a vent of the enclosure wall. The vent is configured to move from a first position to a second position in response to an increase in a pressure within an interior of the enclosure. The vent in the second position provides a passage to discharge battery vent byproducts from the interior. An exemplary battery pack venting method includes moving a vent of an enclosure wall from a first position to a second position in response to an increase in a pressure within an interior of an enclosure having the enclosure wall. The vent in the second position provides a passage to discharge battery vent byproducts from the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Olivia Lomax, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Stephen Liptak
  • Battery assembly reinforcement member
    Patent number: 10020475
    Abstract: A battery assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tray, a battery array mounted to the tray, a cover positioned about the battery array and a reinforcement member disposed between the cover and the battery array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, John Paul Gibeau
  • TRACTION BATTERY PACK SERVICE PANEL
    Publication number: 20180170209
    Abstract: An exemplary battery assembly includes an enclosure defining an interior, and a service panel that covers an opening to the interior. The service panel is held relative to the enclosure by a clip. An exemplary method includes covering an opening in an enclosure with a service panel that is clipped to the enclosure. The opening permits access to a serviceable part housed inside of the enclosure assembly prior to the covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Nelson Alexander Brock
  • BATTERY ASSEMBLY WITH BIASED COMPONENT PROFILES TO PROMOTE BATTERY CELL TO HEAT EXCHANGER CONTACT
    Publication number: 20180166669
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a cell stack and an array structure. At least one of the cell stack and the array structure includes a biased profile configured to bias the cell stack and a portion of the array structure together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Battery pack flow control method
    Patent number: 9985325
    Abstract: An exemplary method of controlling flow through a battery pack includes, in a first operating condition, moving flow through a first section of an enclosure using a first fan, and moving flow through a second section of the enclosure using a second fan. In a second operating condition, the method moves flow through the second section using the first fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Kenneth James Miller, Saravanan Paramasivam