IP Library Granted Patent US 7,670,163
Granted Patent B2
US 7,670,163 · App. 11/783,094 · Granted Mar 2, 2010

Electric connection and electric component

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Patent No.
US 7,670,163
App. No.
11/783,094
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric connection and an electric component, the electric component comprising connectors for connecting the electric component. The connectors are formed of a first and a second electrically conductive laminar conductor, which are placed opposite each other and isolated from one another with an insulator, whereby the electric component is arranged to be connected through the plane surfaces of the laminar conductors, and the insulator is arranged between the laminar conductors such that the insulator comprises at least one free plane surface.

Claims (39)

1. A connection between electric parts, comprising at least two electric parts to be connected to each other, wherein:

the first electric part among the at least two electric parts includes a first and a second electrically conducting laminar conductor of the first electric part, which are positioned opposite each other and isolated from each other with a first insulation means; and

a second electric part among the at least two electric parts includes a first and a second electrically conducting laminar conductor of the second electric component, positioned opposite each other and isolated from each other with a second insulation means, wherein the connection between the electric parts is constituted by

the first laminar conductor of the first electric part being connected to the first laminar conductor of the second electric part through respective plane surfaces of the first laminar conductors,

the second laminar conductor of the first electric part being connected to the second laminar conductor of the second electric part through respective plane surfaces of the second laminar conductors, wherein

the first insulation means of the first electric part comprises a plane surface having at least one of a length and a width extending beyond a corresponding at least one of a length and a width of at least one of the first and second laminar conductors of the first electric part,

the second insulation means of the second electric part comprises a plane surface having at least one of a length and a width extending beyond a corresponding at least one of a length and a width of at least one of the first and second laminar conductors of the second electric part,

the insulation means of the first and the second electric parts are arranged to form a continuous insulation layer between the first laminar conductors of the first and the second electric parts and the second laminar conductors of the first and the second electric parts, and

the laminar conductors of the connection are arranged to form a continuous laminar structure.

2. A connection according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the electric parts is an electric component having a first connector and a second connector which include the first laminar conductor and the second laminar conductor, respectively.

3. A connection according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the electric parts is a voltage busbar system of a direct-voltage intermediate circuit, and wherein

the first and second laminar conductors of the at least one of the electric parts include voltage busbars.

4. A connection according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the laminar conductors of at least one of the electric parts comprises a connection member, wherein

the laminar conductor arranged to be connected to the at least one of the laminar conductors comprises a counterpart suitable for said connection member to implement the connection.

5. A connection according to claim 4 , wherein the connection member is a screw cap formed on the plane surface of the laminar conductor, and the counterpart of the connection member is a hole or groove formed in the laminar conductor.

6. A connection according to claim 1 , wherein the first laminar conductor of one of the electric parts comprises a start portion and a final portion, the final portion being arranged substantially at an angle of 90 degrees relative to the start portion.

7. A connection according to claim 6 , wherein the insulation means extends between the laminar conductors of the one of the electric parts substantially over the distance of the start portion of said first laminar conductor, and the second laminar conductor is shorter than the first laminar conductor and the insulation means.

8. A connection according to claim 1 , wherein the first electric part comprises a direct-voltage intermediate circuit of a frequency converter, and

the second electric part comprises a component connected to the direct-voltage intermediate circuit.

9. An electric component, comprising:

connectors for connecting the electric component, the connectors including a first electrically conductive laminar conductor and a second electrically conductive laminar conductor, which are positioned opposite each other, and which each have a respective plane surface having a length and a width; and

an insulation means that isolates the first and second laminar conductors from each other, wherein

the electric component is arranged to be connected through the plane surfaces of the laminar conductors, wherein

the insulation means is arranged between the first and second laminar conductors, and wherein

the insulation means comprises a plane surface having at least one of a length and a width extending beyond a corresponding at least one of the length and the width of at least one of the first and second laminar conductors.

10. An electric component according to claim 9 , wherein the plane surface of the insulation means is arranged to receive a corresponding plane surface of an insulation means of a structure to be connected to the electric component.

11. An electric component according to claim 9 , wherein the electric component is a switch component.

12. An electric component according to claim 9 , wherein the electric component is a switch component module.

13. An electric component according to claim 9 , wherein the electric component is a capacitor.

14. An electric component according to claim 9 , wherein the electric component is an IGB transistor.

15. An electric component according to claim 9 , wherein the laminar conductors and the insulation means between the laminar conductors are each arranged to continue at least partly inside the electric component.

16. A connection according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the electric parts is a voltage busbar system of a direct-voltage intermediate circuit, and wherein

the first and second laminar conductors of the at least one of the electric parts include voltage busbars.

17. A connection according to claim 16 , wherein at least one of the laminar conductors of at least one of the electric parts comprises a connection member, wherein

the laminar conductor arranged to be connected to the at least one of the laminar conductors comprises a counterpart suitable for said connection member to implement the connection.

18. A connection according to claim 17 , wherein the first laminar conductor of one of the electric parts comprises a start portion and a final portion, the final portion being arranged substantially at an angle of 90 degrees relative to the start portion.

19. A connection according to claim 18 , wherein the first electric part comprises a direct-voltage intermediate circuit of a frequency converter, and

the second electric part comprises the component, wherein the component is connected to the direct-voltage intermediate circuit.

20. A connection according to claim 19 , wherein the first and second laminar conductors of the at least one of the electric parts and the insulation means of the at least one of the electric parts is arranged to continue at least partly inside the electric component.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2018
From: ABB OY
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 047801/0174 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2007
From: KAURANEN, MATTI
To: ABB OY
Reel/Frame 019418/0989 →