Busbar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10283308-B2
Application number	US-201514819890-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2015
Priority date	Feb 12, 2013
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A busbar includes a plurality of main terminals (upstream side terminal, downstream side terminals) and one auxiliary terminal conductively connected to one of the main terminals and is press-formed in an integrated manner. The auxiliary terminal is connected to the main terminals through connection bars which are all cut off, except for one, in a cutting process after a pressing process, and the circuit configuration can be changed by selectively cutting off the connection bars. Therefore, there is no need to change the shape of a press die, and the production efficiency can be improved using a die having a uniform shape.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A busbar comprising:
a plurality of main terminals; and
one auxiliary terminal conductively connected to one of the main terminals, the busbar being press-formed in an integrated manner, wherein
the main terminals include an upstream side terminal positioned on an upstream side in a current flowing direction, and a plurality of downstream side terminals positioned on a downstream side in a current flowing direction from the upstream side terminal and connected to the upstream side terminal through separate fuse elements with different rated currents,
the auxiliary terminal is directly connected to only the plurality of downstream side terminals through connection bar which are all cut off, except for one of the connections bars connected to one of the plurality of downstream side terminals, in a cutting process after a pressing process, such that the auxiliary terminal is electrically connected to the upstream side terminal only via the one of the plurality of downstream side terminals, and
a plurality of kinds of circuit configurations are formable by cutting off the connection bars and changing a conduction between the auxiliary terminal and the main terminals.

2. The busbar according to claim 1 , wherein
the one upstream side terminal and the two downstream side terminals, from among the plurality of downstream side terminals, are disposed to be a U-shape in a planer view so that the upstream side terminal is positioned in center and the two downstream side terminals are provided to face each other,
the auxiliary terminal is disposed between the two downstream side terminals,
a cross-shaped connection plate extending from the auxiliary terminal and branching to two cut connections bars and one non-cut connection bar is disposed in a space surrounded by the upstream side terminal, the downstream side terminals, and the auxiliary terminal, and
respective ends of the two cut connection bars of the connection plate are connected to one side of the downstream side terminal and the one upstream side terminal, and end of the one non-cut connection bar of the connection plate is connected to the other side of the downstream side terminals.

3. The busbar according to claim 2 , wherein
the two downstream side terminals provided to face each other and the auxiliary terminal are connected to each other through reinforcement bars disposed on a side opposite to the connection plate and out off in the cutting process after the pressing process.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Onoda Shinya
• Ishikawa Yoshinori

Classifications

• H01H85/12

  Two or more separate fusible members in parallel · CPC title

• H01H85/10 Primary

  with constriction for localised fusing (H01H85/11 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01H69/02

  Manufacture of fuses · CPC title

• H01H2085/025

  Structural association with a binding post of a storage battery · CPC title

• H01H85/205 Primary

  Electric connections to contacts on the base · CPC title