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Granted Patent B2
US 12,476,060 · App. 18/564,396 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Circuit assembly

Inventors: Taiji Yanagida (Osaka, JP); Hiroki Shimoda (Osaka, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
H01H45/12H01H45/04H05K7/20454H05K7/2049
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Patent No.
US 12,476,060
App. No.
18/564,396
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit assembly includes: a relay; a case that houses the relay; and a bus bar including a fastening part configured to be fastened to a connection part of the relay, and a heat transfer part configured to be in thermally conductive contact with an external heat dissipation target, wherein the relay includes an excitation connector part that is provided on a side surface of the relay, and that is open in a direction opposite to a direction in which the connection part is open, the fastening part of the bus bar protrudes upward from the heat transfer part disposed on a bottom wall side of the case so as to be inclined at an angle larger than 90°, and the excitation connector part of the relay in which the connection part connected to the fastening part of the bus bar is open obliquely upward.

Claims (24)

1 . A circuit assembly comprising:

a relay;

a case that houses the relay; and

a bus bar including a fastening part fastened to a connection part of the relay, and a heat transfer part configured to be in thermally conductive contact with an external heat dissipation target,

wherein the relay includes an excitation connector part that is provided on a side surface of the relay, and that is open in a direction opposite to a direction in which the connection part is open,

the fastening part of the bus bar protrudes upward from the heat transfer part disposed on a bottom wall side of the case so as to be inclined at an angle larger than 90°, and

in the relay in which the connection part is fastened to the fastening part of the bus bar, the excitation connector part is open obliquely upward.

2 . The circuit assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the case has an opening that exposes the excitation connector part to the outside.

3 . The circuit assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the case includes a lower case in which the bus bar is housed, and an upper case that covers an opening of the lower case, and

the upper case includes a fixing part to which the relay is fixed.

4 . The circuit assembly according to claim 3 ,

wherein the upper case has an inclined surface extending parallel to an upper surface of the relay, and the fixing part protrudes from the inclined surface.

5 . The circuit assembly according to claim 3 ,

wherein the lower case has a bottom wall and a side wall, and at least a portion of an upper end of the side wall is located above the connection part of the relay.

6 . The circuit assembly according to claim 1 ,

wherein the heat transfer part of the bus bar is in contact with a contact part of the case via a first heat conductive member having flexibility.

7 . The circuit assembly according to claim 6 ,

wherein the contact part of the case is in contact with the heat dissipation target via a second heat conductive member having flexibility.

8 . The circuit assembly according to claim 7 ,

wherein a gap between the heat transfer part of the bus bar and a bottom surface of the relay is filled with a third heat conductive member having flexibility.

9 . The circuit assembly according to claim 6 ,

wherein the heat transfer part of the bus bar is held in contact with the first heat conductive member via a protrusion provided on the case.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2023
From: YANAGIDA, TAIJI; SHIMODA, HIROKI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-101830 · Jun 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240249900A1 · Jul 25, 2024
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