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Granted Patent B2
US 12,381,337 · App. 17/909,532 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Busbar connector

Inventors: Yuta Kanematsu (Mie, JP); Junichi Mukuno (Mie, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01R4/48
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Patent No.
US 12,381,337
App. No.
17/909,532
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

One aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a connector enabling good heat dissipation. A connector 11 according to the one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a housing 13 made of metal, a flat plate-like busbar 14 to be held in the housing 13 , a ceramic member 20 to be interposed between one flat surface 14 a of the busbar 14 and a contact portion 19 of the housing 13 , and compression coil springs 21 for pressing another flat surface 14 b of the busbar 14 toward the contact portion 19.

Claims (13)

1. A connector, comprising:

upper and lower housings made of metal;

a flat plate-like busbar to be interposed between the upper and lower housings;

a ceramic member to be interposed between one flat surface of the busbar and a contact portion of the upper housing; and

a compression coil spring supported by the lower housing and configured to press another flat surface of the busbar toward the contact portion.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the compression coil springs are provided.

3. The connector of claim 1 , comprising a contact member to be brought into contact with the other flat surface of the busbar and pressed by the compression coil spring, wherein:

a facing surface of the contact member facing the busbar is set equal to or longer than a length of the ceramic member in an extending direction of the busbar.

4. The connector of claim 1 , comprising a contact member to be brought into contact with the other flat surface of the busbar and pressed by the compression coil spring, wherein:

a facing surface of the contact member facing the busbar is set equal to or longer than a length of the busbar in a width direction of the busbar.

5. The connector of claim 1 , wherein a facing surface of the ceramic member facing the busbar is set equal to or longer than a length of the busbar in a width direction of the busbar.

6. The connector of claim 1 , further comprising:

a spring accommodating portion recessed in the lower housing and configured to accommodate the compression coil spring in a vertically compressed state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2022
From: KANEMATSU, YUTA; MUKUNO, JUNICHI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-047452 · Mar 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230115788A1 · Apr 13, 2023
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