IP Library Granted Patent US 8,941,386
Granted Patent B2
US 8,941,386 · App. 13/503,538 · Granted Jan 27, 2015

Busbar for battery electrode post connection and battery voltage monitor using the same

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,941,386
App. No.
13/503,538
Granted
Jan 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A busbar for battery electrode post connection with a terminal for voltage detection is provided. Both ends of a length direction of a rectangular thin plate of a conductive metal are left and an elongated opening is formed in a center. Two holes through which an electrode post of one battery and an electrode post of an adjacent battery are inserted are respectively formed in the rectangular thin plates of both sides around the elongated opening of the center. A terminal for voltage detection is extended integrally to the rectangular thin plate from an edge of the rectangular thin plate. The two holes overlap in a state of where the rectangular thin plate is folded in two with respect to the elongated opening. The terminal for voltage detection can be erected from the rectangular thin plate by folding the terminal for voltage detection in a vertical direction.

Claims (13)

1. A busbar for battery electrode post connection with a terminal for voltage detection, wherein:

both ends of a length direction of a rectangular thin plate of a conductive metal are left to connect a first busbar and a second busbar and an elongated opening is formed in a center of the first busbar and the second busbar;

two holes through which an electrode post of one battery and an electrode post of an adjacent battery are inserted are respectively formed in the rectangular thin plates of both the first busbar and the second busbar around the elongated opening of the center;

a terminal for voltage detection is extended integrally to the rectangular thin plate from an edge of the rectangular thin plate;

the two holes of the first busbar and the two holes of the second busbar overlap in a state where the rectangular thin plate is folded in two with respect to the elongated opening; and

the terminal for voltage detection is integrally formed with the rectangular thin plate and is erected by folding the terminal for voltage detection in a direction perpendicular to the rectangular thin plate.

2. The busbar for battery electrode post connection with a terminal for voltage detection as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a locking protrusion by an embossed protrusion is formed on a lateral surface of the terminal for voltage detection.

3. The busbar for battery electrode post connection with a terminal for voltage detection as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a height of a top of the terminal for voltage detection is a height in which the terminal for voltage detection can project over a printed board in a state of being inserted into a through hole of the printed board.

4. A DC high-voltage power source circuit and battery voltage monitor, wherein:

a DC high-voltage power source circuit is made by juxtaposing plural batteries with electrode posts of mutually different polarities arranged adjacently and connecting the electrode posts of the different polarities of the adjacent batteries by a busbar;

a battery voltage monitoring circuit is formed so as to detect a voltage between the busbar and an adjacent busbar through a printed board; and

a busbar for battery electrode post connection with a terminal for voltage detection as claimed in claim 1 is used in connection between the busbar and the printed board.

5. The busbar for battery electrode post connection with a terminal for voltage detection as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the terminal is erected during a formation of the busbar.

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 Apr 23, 2012
From: IKEDA, TOMOHIRO; YANAGIHARA, SHINICHI; INOUE, HIDEKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028090/0447 →