IP Library Granted Patent US 10,199,804
Granted Patent B2
US 10,199,804 · App. 14/557,398 · Granted Feb 5, 2019

Busbar locating component

Inventors: Robert James Ramm (Mountain View, CA); Dino Sasaridis (San Francisco, CA); Colin Campbell (San Francisco, CA); Wenjun Liu (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
H02B1/20B60L1/00H01L25/115H02B1/04H02B1/48H02M7/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,199,804
App. No.
14/557,398
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A busbar locating component includes: one or more first attachments configured for attaching a busbar layer to the busbar locating component; one or more bays each configured to contain and position an assembly of transistors essentially perpendicular to the busbar layer for connection; and a plurality of slots, each slot configured to contain and position a busbar relative to the busbar layer for connection.

Claims (51)

1. A busbar locating component comprising:

a unitary structure formed of an electrically insulating material having:

a first bay defined by:

a bottom wall;

a sidewall perpendicular to the bottom wall; and

a surface perpendicular to the bottom wall; and

first attachments for attaching one or more busbar layers;

a terminal pass-through adjacent the sidewall and outside of the first bay;

a plurality of first slots adjacent the terminal pass-through and on an opposite side of the terminal pass-through from the first bay, wherein the plurality of first slots each include a releasable detent; and

one or more second slots adjacent the surface and outside of the first bay,

wherein the unitary structure electrically isolates, from one another, busbars mounted within the plurality of first slots and one or more busbars mounted within the one or more second slots.

2. The busbar locating component of claim 1 , wherein the one or more second slots each include a releasable detent.

3. The busbar locating component of claim 1 , further comprising an elongation attached thereto, the elongation including a first extension, a second extension and a support structure attached to the first extension and the second extension.

4. The busbar locating component of claim 1 , wherein the first attachments include tapered pins.

5. The busbar locating component of claim 1 , further comprising second attachments for attaching a circuit board.

6. The busbar locating component of claim 5 , wherein the second attachments extend higher than the first attachments relative to the bottom wall.

7. The busbar locating component of claim 1 , further comprising a second bay adjacent the one or more second slots.

8. The busbar locating component of claim 7 , further comprising a third slot adjacent and outside the second bay and on an opposite side of the second bay from the one or more second slots.

9. The busbar locating component of claim 8 , further comprising third attachments adjacent the third slot for attaching the one or more busbar layers.

10. The busbar locating component of claim 9 , further comprising fourth attachments adjacent the third slot for attaching a circuit board.

11. The busbar locating component of claim 8 , further comprising a third bay adjacent the third slot.

12. A busbar locating component comprising:

a unitary structure formed of an electrically insulating material having:

a first bay defined by:

a bottom wall;

a sidewall perpendicular to the bottom wall; and

a surface perpendicular to the bottom wall; and

first attachments for attaching one or more busbar layers;

a terminal pass-through adjacent the sidewall and outside of the first bay;

a plurality of first slots adjacent the terminal pass-through and on an opposite side of the terminal pass-through from the first bay; and

one or more second slots adjacent the surface and outside of the first bay, wherein the one or more second slots each include a releasable detent,

wherein the unitary structure electrically isolates, from one another, busbars mounted within the plurality of first slots and one or more busbars mounted within the one or more second slots.

13. The busbar locating component of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of first slots each include a releasable detent.

14. The busbar locating component of claim 12 , further comprising an elongation attached thereto, the elongation including a first extension, a second extension and a support structure attached to the first extension and the second extension.

15. The busbar locating component of claim 12 , further comprising a second bay adjacent the one or more second slots.

16. The busbar locating component of claim 15 , further comprising a third slot adjacent and outside the second bay and on an opposite side of the second bay from the one or more second slots.

17. A busbar locating component comprising:

a unitary structure formed of an electrically insulating material having:

a first bay defined by:

a bottom wall;

a sidewall perpendicular to the bottom wall; and

a surface perpendicular to the bottom wall; and

first attachments for attaching one or more busbar layers;

a terminal pass-through adjacent the sidewall and outside of the first bay;

a plurality of first slots adjacent the terminal pass-through and on an opposite side of the terminal pass-through from the first bay;

one or more second slots adjacent the surface and outside of the first bay,

wherein the unitary structure electrically isolates, from one another, busbars mounted within the plurality of first slots and one or more busbars mounted within the one or more second slots; and

an elongation attached to the unitary structure, the elongation including a first extension, a second extension and a support structure attached to the first extension and the second extension.

18. The busbar locating component of claim 17 , wherein the plurality of first slots each include a releasable detent.

19. The busbar locating component of claim 17 , wherein the one or more second slots each include a releasable detent.

20. The busbar locating component of claim 17 , further comprising a second bay adjacent the one or more second slots.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 29, 2018
From: TESLA MOTORS, INC.
To: TESLA, INC.
Reel/Frame 047680/0053 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2014
From: RAMM, ROBERT JAMES; SASARIDIS, DINO; CAMPBELL, COLIN; LIU, WENJUN
To: TESLA MOTORS, INC.
Reel/Frame 034561/0275 →
Continuity (1)
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