IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,388,159
Granted Patent B2
US 12,388,159 · App. 18/014,233 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Wiring module

Inventors: Naoki Fukushima (Mie, JP); Osamu Nakayama (Mie, JP); Katsushi Miyazaki (Mie, JP); Mitsutoshi Morita (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01M50/519H01M50/507H05K1/118H05K2201/10272H05K2201/10984
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Patent No.
US 12,388,159
App. No.
18/014,233
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wiring module is to be attached to a battery cell stacked body in which a plurality of battery cells having an electrode terminal and being elongated in a front-rear direction are arranged in a horizontal direction, and is electrically connected to the battery cells, the wiring module including: a bus bar that is connected to the electrode lead; an FPC that is connected to the bus bar and extends in the front-rear direction; and a protector that holds the bus bar and the FPC, wherein the FPC includes: a plurality of extension parts that extend in the front-rear direction; an intersection part that extends in the horizontal direction; and a bending part, the extension parts are respectively coupled to two end portions of the intersection part in the horizontal direction, one of the extension parts includes the bending part in the vicinity of the intersection part.

Claims (27)

1. A wiring module that is to be attached to a power storage element group in which a plurality of power storage elements having an electrode terminal and being elongated in a first direction are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and that is electrically connected to the power storage elements, the wiring module comprising:

a bus bar that is connected to the electrode terminal;

a flexible printed circuit board that is connected to the bus bar and extends in the first direction; and

a protector that holds the bus bar and the flexible printed circuit board,

wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes a plurality of extension parts that extend in the first direction, an intersection part that extends in the second direction, and a bending part,

two extension parts are respectively coupled to two end portions of the intersection part in the second direction,

one of the two extension parts includes the bending part in the vicinity of the intersection part, and

the two extension parts extend to opposite sides in the first direction with respect to the intersection part as a result of the one extension part being folded at the bending part.

2. The wiring module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes at least one connector, a counterpart connector that fits to the at least one connector, and two or more divided flexible printed circuit boards that are electrically connected to each other by fitting the connector and the counterpart connector to each other, and

the intersection part absorbs misalignment of the connector and the counterpart connector in the second direction.

3. The wiring module according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the second direction, a pair of the intersection parts are disposed between a pair of the extension parts.

4. The wiring module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes an insulating base film, a conductor layer that is laminated on only one side of the base film, and a cover film that covers at least a portion of the conductor layer, and

an even number of the bending parts are provided.

5. The wiring module according to claim 4 ,

wherein two bending parts are provided.

6. The wiring module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the extension part disposed on one side and the intersection part disposed on the other side centered around the bending part are arranged so as to overlap each other in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction, and the overlapping portion is fixed by a fixing part.

7. The wiring module according to claim 1 ,

wherein a pair of notches are respectively provided at two end portions of the bending part.

8. The wiring module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes a land, and

the land is connected to at least one side surface of the bus bar through soldering.

9. The wiring module according to claim 8 ,

wherein the land is connected to only one side surface of the bus bar through soldering.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2023
From: FUKUSHIMA, NAOKI; NAKAYAMA, OSAMU; MIYAZAKI, KATSUSHI; MORITA, MITSUTOSHI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062261/0780 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-120517 · Jul 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230261332A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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