IP Library Granted Patent US 10,566,165
Granted Patent B2
US 10,566,165 · App. 13/880,282 · Granted Feb 18, 2020

Fuse board and battery block equipped with same

Inventors: Masahiro Ono (Osaka, JP); Takashi Nakagawa (Osaka, JP); Akira Takano (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01H85/00H01H69/02H01H85/0241H01H85/12H01M2/30H01M2/34H01M10/425H01M10/4207H01H85/143H01H85/205H01M2200/103Y10T29/49107
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Patent No.
US 10,566,165
App. No.
13/880,282
Granted
Feb 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuse board including a metal plate, a connection portion connected to a cell, a fuse portion connecting the metal plate to the connection portion, and an insulating resin film bonded to the fuse portion, wherein a wiring pattern of the fuse portion has a bent portion, and the insulating resin film has a rectangular sheet-like shape that covers one surface of the fuse portion.

Claims (21)

1. A fuse board comprising

a metal plate that has one or more openings,

a connection portion connected to a cell at each of the one or more openings,

a suspension portion that includes a first rod-like portion and a second rod-like portion which extend from two points on an edge of each of the one or more openings of the metal plate, respectively, and a body portion which continuously extends from respective ends of the first rod-like portion and the second rod-like portion, wherein the suspension portion is formed together with the metal plate and formed in a substantial U-shape, and the body portion is opposed to a part, opposite to the two points, of the metal plate via a gap,

a fuse portion connecting the body portion of the suspension portion to the connection portion, and

an insulating resin film bonded to the fuse portion, wherein

the insulating resin film has a rectangular sheet-like shape that covers one surface of the fuse portion,

wherein the fuse portion comprises a first bent portion and a second bent portion, the first bent portion and the second bent portion being located on an opposite side about a straight line connecting a joint of the fuse portion to the connection portion and another joint of the fuse portion to the suspension portion, and

wherein the body portion of the suspension portion is connected to the metal plate only at the first rod-like portion and the second rod-like portion.

2. The fuse board according to claim 1 , wherein the fuse board is obtained by punching and bending the metal plate to pattern the connection portion and the fuse portion.

3. The fuse board according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the metal plate is different from a height of the connection portion.

4. The fuse board according to claim 1 , wherein the wiring pattern of the fuse portion has two or more bent portions, and

wherein the two or more bent portions are located on opposite sides about a straight line connecting both ends of the fuse portion.

5. The fuse board according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the fuse portion is smaller than a thickness of the metal plate.

6. The fuse board according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating resin film includes an insulating resin and an inorganic filler.

7. A method of manufacturing the fuse board according to claim 1 , comprising:

preparing a metal plate;

forming a connection portion and a fuse portion by punching the metal plate;

adjusting the position of the connection portion by bending the metal plate; and

covering the connection portion with an insulating resin film.

8. A battery block comprising a plurality of cells having two or more electrode terminals and the fuse board of claim 1 connected to one electrode terminal of each of the plurality of cells, wherein the fuse board includes the metal plate, connection portions welded to the one electrode terminal of each of the plurality of cells, fuse portions connecting the metal plate to the connection portions, and insulating resin films bonded to the fuse portions.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2013
From: ONO, MASAHIRO; NAKAGAWA, TAKASHI; TAKANO, AKIRA
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030639/0007 →