IP Library Granted Patent US 9,943,001
Granted Patent B2
US 9,943,001 · App. 15/389,487 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Switch box

Inventors: Hideo Takahashi (Makinohara, JP); Koji Ikegaya (Makinohara, JP); Takuya Nakagawa (Makinohara, JP); Masahide Tsuru (Makinohara, JP)
Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
H05K7/1432H05K5/0026
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Patent No.
US 9,943,001
App. No.
15/389,487
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a switch box comprising: a first circuit board; a pair of bus bars provided to the first circuit board; and a first switch portion that is provided to the first circuit board and that opens and closes a circuit between the bus bars. A second circuit board can be attached to and detached from the first circuit board, and the second circuit board comprises: one bus bar; and a second switch portion that opens and closes a circuit between the one bus bar and the bus bar of the first circuit board.

Claims (13)

1. A switch box comprising:

a first circuit board:

a pair of bus bars that are provided in the first circuit board; and

a first switch portion that is provided in the first circuit board so as to open and close a circuit between the pair of bus bars; wherein:

a second circuit board can be removably attached to the first circuit board, the second circuit board including:

a bus bar; and

a second switch portion that opens and closes a circuit between the bus bar of the second circuit board and one of the bus bars of the first circuit board.

2. A switch box according to claim 1 , wherein:

the one of the bus bars of the first circuit board has coupling terminals that can be connected to the second circuit board.

3. A switch box according to claim 1 , wherein:

the bus bar of the second circuit board is disposed in an intermediate position between the pair of bus bars of the first circuit board when the second circuit board is mounted on the first circuit board.

4. A switch box according to claim 1 , wherein:

the switch box is provided between a main battery and a sub-battery in a power supply system for a vehicle, the power supply system including the main battery and the sub-battery that supply electric power to various loads.

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 Jan 18, 2017
From: TAKAHASHI, HIDEO; IKEGAYA, KOJI; NAKAGAWA, TAKUYA; TSURU, MASAHIDE
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041003/0887 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-130497 · Jun 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015067803 · Jun 19, 2015
Related Publication 20170105306A1 · Apr 13, 2017