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Granted Patent B2
US 11,177,538 · App. 16/418,099 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Wiring module and power storage module

Inventors: Taiji Yanagida (Mie, JP); Hiroki Shimoda (Mie, JP); Yoshinori Ito (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01M50/502H01M10/425H01M10/482H01M50/20H01M50/531H01M50/572H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 11,177,538
App. No.
16/418,099
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The reliability of electrical connection between electrode terminals of power storage devices and bus bars can be improved. A bent portion that is provided on each bus bar is formed at a position shifted in the left-right direction from an intermediate position between one contact portion of two contact portions of the bus bar and the other contact portion positioned next to the one contact portion. In a bus bar housing portion, a beam portion on which a corresponding bus bar is placed is formed extending in the front-rear direction. Each beam portion is formed at a position shifted in the left-right direction from the bent portion in a state where the bus bar is housed in the bus bar housing portion.

Claims (18)

1. A wiring module configured to be arranged on a power storage device group in which a plurality of power storage devices each having electrode terminals are arranged side-by-side along an alignment direction, the wiring module comprising:

bus bars that are connected to the electrode terminals; and

an insulating protector that is made of a synthetic resin and has bus bar housing portions in which the bus bars are housed,

wherein each of the bus bars has a plurality of contact portions that each come into contact with a corresponding electrode terminal and a bent portion that is bent in a direction away from the contact portions and extends in an intersecting direction that intersects with the alignment direction,

each of the bent portions is formed at a position shifted in the alignment direction from an intermediate position between one contact portion of the plurality of contact portions and an adjacent contact portion, and

a beam portion on which a corresponding bus bar is placed is formed in each of the bus bar housing portions to extend in the intersecting direction, and the beam portion is formed at a position shifted from the bent portion in the alignment direction.

2. The wiring module according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the beam portions is provided at a position corresponding to the intermediate position between the one contact portion and the adjacent contact portion in a condition in which the bus bar is housed in the bus bar housing portion.

3. The wiring module according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the bus bars has a plurality of through-holes, and

each of the bent portions is formed at a position shifted in the alignment direction from an intermediate position between the center of one through-hole of the plurality of through-holes and the center of an adjacent through-hole.

4. The wiring module according to claim 1 , wherein

a first region and a second region that has a larger area than the first region are formed in a region different from the bent portion on a surface of each of the bus bars opposite to the surface on which the contact portions are formed,

a voltage detection terminal is placed on each of the second regions, and

each of the voltage detection terminals has a bus bar connection portion that is electrically connected to the bus bar and a wire connection portion that extends laterally from a side edge of the bus bar connection portion and is connected to a voltage detection wire.

5. A power storage module, comprising:

a power storage device group in which a plurality of power storage devices each having electrode terminals are arranged along an alignment direction; and

the wiring module according to claim 1 , which is arranged on the power storage device group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2019
From: YANAGIDA, TAIJI; SHIMODA, HIROKI; ITO, YOSHINORI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049242/0873 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-103600 · May 30, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190372076A1 · Dec 5, 2019
Cited By (1)
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