IP Library Granted Patent US 7,229,320
Granted Patent B2
US 7,229,320 · App. 11/353,105 · Granted Jun 12, 2007

Battery connection plate with voltage detection element

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Patent No.
US 7,229,320
App. No.
11/353,105
Granted
Jun 12, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voltage detection terminal mounted to a housing plate body includes a bus bar connecting portion ( 4 a ) which is connected to a battery electrode and a bus bar ( 3 ) by bolt-nut connection, a detector connecting portion ( 4 b ) connected to voltage detector, and an interconnecting portion ( 4 c ) interconnecting the bus bar connecting portion and the detector connecting portion. A gap (c) for absorbing a length variation of a battery cell is formed between the plate body and the bus bar connecting portion, and the interconnecting portion ( 4 c ) includes a slanting portion ( 4 c ) for preventing the interconnecting portion from interference with the bus bar is formed at part of the interconnecting portion.

Claims (8)

1. A battery connection plate comprising:

a plate body;

a bus bar mounted on the plate body and in which a through hole is formed to which a battery electrode of a battery cell is to be inserted and fastened by bolt-nut connection;

a voltage detector capable of detecting a voltage condition of the battery cell connected with the bus bar; and

a voltage detection terminal for connecting the voltage detector to the battery electrode, the voltage detection terminal including a bus bar connecting portion which is to be connected to the battery electrode and the bus bar by the bolt-nut connection, a detector connecting portion connected to the voltage detector, and an interconnecting portion interconnecting the bus bar connecting portion and the detector connecting portion and extending transversely across the bus bar; and

wherein the interconnecting portion includes a slanting portion which prevents the interconnecting portion from interfering with the bus bar.

2. A battery connection plate according to claim 1 , wherein a gap for absorbing a length variation of the battery cell is formed between the plate body and the bus bar connecting portion, and the slanting portion is provided adjacent to the bus bar connecting portion, and is slanting in a direction toward a part of the bolt-nut connection so that the slanting portion is elastically deformable to be bent.

3. A battery connection plate according to claim 1 , wherein a guide wall which guides the interconnecting portion is formed on the plate body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2006
From: SAITO, KAZUAKI; IKEDA, TOMOHIRO; SHIBUYA, KENTARO; KOSAKA, HIROSHI; SATO, SEIICHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017568/0114 →