Wiring module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11211673-B2
Application number	US-201716318942-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2017
Priority date	Jul 22, 2016
Publication date	Dec 28, 2021
Grant date	Dec 28, 2021

Abstract

An insulating protector attached to one side of a unit cell group includes: two bus bar housing portions, in each of which a plurality of bus bars for connecting adjacent electrode terminals are aligned and housed, and are respectively provided at positions near two lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector extending in a direction in which the bus bars are aligned; and two wire routing grooves that are provided on an inner side of each bus bar housing portion, and in which detection wires drawn from unit cells are routed so as to detect the state of the unit cells. A bus bar cover for covering the closer one of the bus bar housing portions and a wire cover for covering the wire routing groove on the inner side of the closer bus bar housing portion are provided on each lateral side edge portion of the insulating protector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wiring module configured to be attached to a power storage element group in which a plurality of power storage elements, each including a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal, are arranged, the wiring module comprising:
an insulating protector configured to be attached to one side of the power storage element group,
wherein the insulating protector includes:
two bus bar housing portions, in each of which a plurality of bus bars for connecting adjacent electrode terminals are aligned and housed, and that are respectively provided at positions near two lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector extending in a direction in which the bus bars are aligned; and
two wire routing grooves that are each provided on an inner side of each of the bus bar housing portions, and in each of which detection wires drawn from the power storage elements are routed so as to detect a state of the power storage elements, and

a bus bar cover and a wire cover provided on each of the lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector, the bus bar cover configured to cover a closer one of the bus bar housing portions and the wire cover configured to cover one of the wire routing grooves on an inner side of the closer bus bar housing portion, the bus bar cover and the wire cover being openable and closable independent of each other through respectively pivoting about a bus bar cover hinge and a wire cover hinge that are provided separately, and the wire cover hinge is disposed outside of the closer bus bar housing portion in a direction perpendicular to direction in which the bus bars are aligned.

2. A wiring module configured to be attached to a power storage element group in which a plurality of power storage elements, each including a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal, are arranged, the wiring module comprising:
an insulating protector configured to be attached to one side of the power storage element group,
wherein the insulating protector includes:
two bus bar housing portions, in each of which a plurality of bus bars for connecting adjacent electrode terminals are aligned and housed, and that are respectively provided at positions near two lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector extending in a direction in which the bus bars are aligned; and
two wire routing grooves that are each provided on an inner side of each of the bus bar housing portions, and in each of which detection wires drawn from the power storage elements are routed so as to detect a state of the power storage elements, and

a bus bar cover and a wire cover provided on each of the lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector, the bus bar cover configured to cover a closer one of the bus bar housing portions and the wire cover configured to cover one of the wire routing grooves on an inner side of the closer bus bar housing portion, the bus bar cover and the wire cover being openable and closable independent of each other through respectively pivoting about a bus bar cover hinge and a wire cover hinge that are provided separately,
wherein the wire cover has a gate shape in which a pair of leg pieces extend from both ends of a strip-shaped main body portion that covers the one of the wire routing grooves toward a respective one of the lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector, and the wire cover hinge is attached to an extension end of each of the leg pieces, and
the bus bar cover has a flat plate shape that is fitted into the wire cover, and the bus bar cover hinge is attached to a lateral side edge of the bus bar cover.

3. The wiring module according to claim 2 ,
wherein the bus bar cover is divided into a plurality of parts in the direction in which the bus bars are aligned, and the bus bar cover hinge is attached to each bus bar cover part, and
the wire cover includes a reinforcing leg extending from the main body portion so as to interpose the bus bar cover parts, and the wire cover hinge is also attached to an extension end of the reinforcing leg.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Shimizu Hiroshi
• Takeda Hitoshi
• OKAMOTO Ryouya
• IDOTA Tomoki

Classifications

• B60R16/04 Primary

  Arrangement of batteries · CPC title

• H01M50/298

  characterised by the wiring of battery packs · CPC title

• H01M50/296

  characterised by terminals of battery packs (terminals of batteries H01M50/543) · CPC title

• H01M50/522

  Inorganic material · CPC title

• H01M50/507

  comprising an arrangement of two or more busbars within a container structure, e.g. busbar modules · CPC title