IP Library Granted Patent US 10,879,571
Granted Patent B2
US 10,879,571 · App. 16/011,492 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Wire connection bus bar and conductive module

Inventors: Kazuaki Saito (Shizuoka, JP); Kazuhiro Naito (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H01M10/482H01M2/206H01M2/266H01M10/4257H02B1/20H01M2010/4271H01M2220/20H01R4/185H01R11/288
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Patent No.
US 10,879,571
App. No.
16/011,492
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire connection bus bar includes a bus bar member that includes a flat plate-shaped bus bar main body electrically connected to an electrode terminal, an arm body that is a part extending from the bus bar main body in a direction crossing a reference plane of the bus bar main body and has an electrical connection portion to which a first terminal portion is physically and electrically connected, and at least one protruding body protruding from the bus bar main body in the direction crossing the reference plane, and the protruding body is formed such that a protruding amount from the reference plane in an orthogonal direction with respect to the reference plane is equal to or larger than a maximum protruding amount from the reference plane of a connection body, formed of the arm body and a connecting terminal, in the orthogonal direction.

Claims (30)

1. A wire connection bus bar comprising:

a conductive bus bar member that is electrically connected to at least one electrode terminal of a battery module in which a plurality of battery cells having respective positive and negative electrode terminals are arranged; and

a conductive connecting terminal that has a first terminal portion physically and electrically connected to the bus bar member, and a second terminal portion physically and electrically connected to an electric wire configured for electrical connection between the bus bar member and an electrical connection target, wherein

the bus bar member includes a flat plate-shaped bus bar main body electrically connected to the electrode terminal, an arm body that is a part extending from the bus bar main body in a direction crossing a reference plane of the bus bar main body and has an electrical connection portion to which the first terminal portion is physically and electrically connected, and at least one protruding body protruding from the bus bar main body in the direction crossing the reference plane, and

the protruding body is spaced away from the arm body and is formed such that a protruding amount from the reference plane in an orthogonal direction with respect to the reference plane is equal to or larger than a maximum protruding amount from the reference plane of a connection body, formed of the arm body and the connecting terminal, in the orthogonal direction when viewed along the reference plane.

2. The wire connection bus bar according to claim 1 , wherein

the protruding body is provided at a first location and a second protruding body is provided at a second location, the connection body formed of the arm body and the connecting terminal is interposed between the protruding body and the second protruding body.

3. The wire connection bus bar according to claim 1 , wherein

the second terminal portion has at least one set of two barrel pieces to be crimped to an end portion of the electric wire.

4. The wire connection bus bar according to claim 2 , wherein

the second terminal portion has at least one set of two barrel pieces to be crimped to an end portion of the electric wire.

5. A conductive module comprising:

a conductive bus bar member that is electrically connected to at least one electrode terminal of a battery module in which a plurality of battery cells having the respective positive and negative electrode terminals are arranged;

an electric wire extending in an arrangement direction of the plurality of battery cells and electrically connecting the bus bar member and an electrical connection target;

a conductive connecting terminal that has a first terminal portion physically and electrically connected to the bus bar member, and a second terminal portion physically and electrically connected to the electric wire; and

a housing member housing the bus bar member, the electric wire, and the connecting terminal, wherein

the bus bar member includes a flat plate-shaped bus bar main body electrically connected to the electrode terminal, an arm body that is a part extending from the bus bar main body in a direction crossing a reference plane of the bus bar main body and has an electrical connection portion to which the first terminal portion is physically and electrically connected, and at least one protruding body protruding from the bus bar main body in the direction crossing the reference plane, and

the protruding body is spaced away from the arm body and is formed such that a protruding amount from the reference plane in an orthogonal direction with respect to the reference plane is equal to or larger than a maximum protruding amount from the reference plane of a connection body, formed of the arm body and the connecting terminal, in the orthogonal direction when viewed along the reference plane.

6. The wire connection bus bar according to claim 1 , wherein

the bus bar main body includes a side portion,

the arm body is connected to and extends away from the side portion at a first location, and

the protruding body is connected to and extends away from the side portion at a second location that is spaced away from the first location.

7. The wire connection bus bar according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the arm body and the protruding body extend away from the bus bar main body so as to protrude from the reference plane in the same direction.

8. A wire connection bus bar comprising:

a conductive bus bar member that is electrically connected to at least one electrode terminal of a battery module in which a plurality of battery cells having respective positive and negative electrode terminals are arranged; and

a conductive connecting terminal that has a first terminal portion physically and electrically connected to the bus bar member, and a second terminal portion physically and electrically connected to an electric wire configured for electrical connection between the bus bar member and an electrical connection target, wherein

the bus bar member includes a flat plate-shaped bus bar main body electrically connected to the electrode terminal, an arm body that is a part extending from the bus bar main body in a direction crossing a reference plane of the bus bar main body and has an electrical connection portion to which the first terminal portion is physically and electrically connected, and at least one protruding body protruding from the bus bar main body in the direction crossing the reference plane,

the protruding body is formed such that a protruding amount from the reference plane in an orthogonal direction with respect to the reference plane is equal to or larger than a maximum protruding amount from the reference plane of a connection body, formed of the arm body and the connecting terminal, in the orthogonal direction when viewed along the reference plane, and

the protruding body is provided at a first location and a second protruding body is provided at a second location, the connection body formed of the arm body and the connecting terminal is interposed between the protruding body and the second protruding body.

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 Jun 18, 2018
From: SAITO, KAZUAKI; NAITO, KAZUHIRO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046123/0410 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-120546 · Jun 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180366790A1 · Dec 20, 2018