IP Library Granted Patent US 9,410,991
Granted Patent B2
US 9,410,991 · App. 14/662,436 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

Attachment structure of current sensor and electric conductive member

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Patent No.
US 9,410,991
App. No.
14/662,436
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an attachment structure, a current sensor and an electric conductive member are attached to a housing in a state in which an electric connection portion of the electric conductive member is passed through a measurement hole of the current sensor. The current sensor includes a guide protrusion protruding from a sensor body. The housing includes: a guide wall portion including a guide wall which includes a first side surface opposing the electric conductive member, and which extends along a first direction in which the sensor body moves when attached to the housing, to guide the guide protrusion; and a rotation restricting wall portion which is disposed on the first side surface, and which restricts the electric conductive member from being rotated by a load that is imposed when the electric conductive member is connected to a connection counterpart.

Claims (18)

1. An attachment structure of a current sensor and an electric conductive member for attaching the current sensor and the electric conductive member to a housing, said attachment structure comprising:

the electric conductive member comprising an electric connection portion electrically connectable with a connection counterpart;

the current sensor which comprises a sensor body having a measurement hole, and which measures a current of the electric conductive member; and

the housing to which the electric conductive member and the current sensor are attached in a state in which the electric connection portion is passed through the measurement hole,

wherein the current sensor comprises:

at least one guide protrusion which protrudes from the sensor body, and

wherein the housing comprises:

a guide wall portion comprising a guide wall which comprises a first side surface opposing the electric conductive member, and which extends along a first direction in which the sensor body moves when attached to the housing, so as to guide the guide protrusion when the sensor body is attached; and

a rotation restricting wall portion which is disposed on the first side surface of the guide wall, and which restricts the electric conductive member from being rotated by a load that is imposed when the electric conductive member is connected to the connection counterpart.

2. The attachment structure of a current sensor and an electric conductive member according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of the guide protrusions are disposed to be spaced from each other with an interval in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein a plurality of the guide wall portions are disposed so as to correspond to the plurality of guide protrusions,

wherein each of the guide walls of the guide wall portions comprises a second side surface opposing the corresponding guide protrusion, and

wherein an interval between the second surfaces of two adjacent guide walls opposing each other is larger than the interval between two guide protrusions which are guided by the two adjacent guide walls, respectively.

3. The attachment structure of a current sensor and an electric conductive member according to claim 1 ,

wherein the sensor body comprises a plurality of the measurement holes arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein a plurality of the guide protrusions are disposed between the plurality of measurement holes, and

wherein a plurality of the guide wall portions are disposed so as to correspond to the guide protrusions.

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 Jul 6, 2015
From: MASUDA, SATOKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035982/0373 →