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Granted Patent B2
US 11,650,257 · App. 17/731,501 · Granted May 16, 2023

Voltage detection unit

Inventors: Satoshi Morioka (Okazaki, JP); Motoyoshi Okumura (Nagoya, JP); Hiromi Ueda (Kariya, JP); Naoto Morisaku (Kariya, JP); Yutaro Okazaki (Kakegawa, JP); Hideki Inoue (Fujieda, JP)
Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
G01R31/3835H01M10/425H01M10/482H01M50/298G01R1/04G01R19/0084
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Patent No.
US 11,650,257
App. No.
17/731,501
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voltage detection unit includes a voltage detection terminal, an electric wire, a housing including a terminal accommodating concave and an electric wire accommodating concave, and a cover. The cover includes an extension piece extending in a first direction in which the cover is attached to the housing. The housing includes an accommodating hole to accommodate the extension piece. The electric wire accommodating concave includes an inclined surface and a guide surface. The inclined surface is inclined with respect to the first direction such that a first thereof end is provided closer to the accommodating hole than a second end thereof in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and being parallel to the housing. The guide surface is continuous with the inclined surface and continuous with an inner wall surface of the accommodating hole.

Claims (17)

1. A voltage detection unit comprising:

a voltage detection terminal configured to be conductively connected to a detection target;

an electric wire configured to be conductively connected to the voltage detection terminal;

a housing having a plate shape and including a terminal accommodating concave configured to accommodate the voltage detection terminal, and an electric wire accommodating concave configured to accommodate the electric wire and guide the electric wire such that the electric wire is drawn out of the housing; and

a cover configured to be attached to the housing and cover the voltage detection terminal accommodated in the terminal accommodating concave,

wherein the cover includes an extension piece extending in a first direction in which the cover is attached to the housing and being configured to, when the cover is attached to the housing, be disposed on an opening of the electric wire accommodating concave,

wherein the housing includes an accommodating hole configured to start accommodating the extension piece as the cover moves in the first direction for the cover to be attached to the housing,

wherein the electric wire accommodating concave includes as a part of an inner wall of the electric wire accommodating concave, an inclined surface and a guide surface,

wherein the inclined surface has a first end in the first direction and a second end opposite to the first end and is inclined with respect to the first direction such that the first end is provided closer to the accommodating hole than the second end in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and being parallel to a plane in which the housing having the plate shape extends, and

wherein the guide surface is continuous with the inclined surface and an inner wall surface of the accommodating hole.

2. The voltage detection unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electric wire accommodating concave includes straight portions configured to guide the electric wire along the second direction, and a bent portion connected to the straight portions and configured to guide the electric wire while bending the electric wire in a convex shape with respect to the second direction, and

wherein the inclined surface is a part of the inner wall of the electric wire accommodating concave between an apex of the bent portion and a connection point at which the bent portion and the straight portion are connected to each other.

3. The voltage detection unit according to claim 2 ,

wherein the extension piece is configured to, when the cover is attached to the housing, be disposed on an opening of the connection point of the electric wire accommodating concave.

4. The voltage detection unit according to claim 3 ,

wherein the accommodating hole is disposed near the connection point so as to accommodate the extension piece.

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 Apr 28, 2022
From: MORIOKA, SATOSHI; OKUMURA, MOTOYOSHI; UEDA, HIROMI; MORISAKU, NAOTO; OKAZAKI, YUTARO; INOUE, HIDEKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
Reel/Frame 059758/0564 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2021-078146 · Apr 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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