Connector for bus bar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11699887-B2
Application number	US-201917433282-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2019
Priority date	Feb 25, 2019
Publication date	Jul 11, 2023
Grant date	Jul 11, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a connector for a bus bar including a bar-shaped finger divided into a central portion, a pair of end portions symmetrically formed on opposite sides of the central portion, and a pair of connecting portions respectively formed between the central portion and the pair of end portions. The connector for a bus bar includes: a plurality of fingers, at least two or more of which are stacked in the thickness direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to form one side portion and at least two or more of which are stacked in the thickness direction to form the other side portion disposed opposite to the one side portion; a pair of coil springs, one end and the other end of which is fixed to the one side portion and the other side portion to be arranged at a predetermined distance apart from each other with respect to the central portion of the finger; and a bracket for supporting the one side portion and the other side portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bus bar connector, the bus bar connector comprising:
a plurality of fingers, including a first finger, a second finger, a third finger, and a fourth finger, wherein the first finger is stacked with the third finger to form a first side portion, wherein the second finger is stacked with the fourth finger to form a second side portion;
a plurality of mounting pins, including a first mounting pin, a second mounting pin, a third mounting pin, and a fourth mounting pin; and
a plurality of coil springs, including a first coil spring with a first coil ending with a first hook and a second hook on opposing ends of the first coil and a second coil spring with a second coil ending with a third hook and a fourth hook on opposing ends of the second coil, wherein the first coil spring is connected to the first mounting pin via the first hook and the second mounting pin via the second hook, wherein the second coil spring is connected to the third mounting pin via the third hook and the fourth mounting pin via the fourth hook, wherein the first coil and the second coil are disposed between the first side portion and the second side portion and pull the first side portion and the second side portion towards each other via the plurality of mounting pins.

2. The bus bar connector of claim 1 , wherein each finger of the plurality of fingers includes a first concave groove and a second concave groove formed on a first side surface, wherein concave grooves of the first finger align with concave grooves of the third finger when stacked to form a first fastening hole and a third fastening hole through which the first hook and the third hook are inserted to interface with the first mounting pin and the second mounting pin, and wherein concave grooves of the second finger align with concave grooves of the fourth finger when stacked to form a second fastening hole and a fourth fastening hole through which the second hook and the fourth hook are inserted to interface with the third mounting pin and the fourth mounting pin.

3. The bus bar connector of claim 1 , wherein each finger of the plurality of fingers includes, a first seat groove and a second set groove in which a given mounting pin of the plurality of mounting pins is seated via compressive force from connected coil springs of the plurality of coil springs.

4. The bus bar connector of claim 1 , further comprising a bracket that comprises:
a center plate disposed between the first side portion and the second side portion; and
first side plate and a second side plate extending on opposite sides of the center plate and disposed on both sides of the first side portion and the second side portion.

5. The bus bar connector of claim 4 , further comprising:
a first fixing pin penetrating through first fixing holes defined in the first side plate and the second side plate on a first outer side of the first side portion; and
a second fixing pin penetrating through second fixing holes defined in the first side plate and the second side plate on a second outer side of the second side portion.

6. The bus bar connector of claim 4 , wherein each finger of the plurality of fingers includes a bracket seat groove in which the center plate is seated via compressive force from connected coil springs of the plurality of coil springs.

7. The bus bar connector of claim 4 , further comprising a first bus bar, wherein the first side plate and the second side plate have fastening holes for bolt fastening with the first bus bar inserted between the first side portion and the second side portion.

8. The bus bar connector of claim 4 , wherein the center plate is disposed between the first coil spring and the second coil spring.

9. The bus bar connector of claim 1 , wherein each finger of the plurality of fingers includes:
a central portion;
a first connecting portion connected on a first side of the central portion;
a second connecting portion connected on a second side, opposite to the first side, of the central portion;
a first end portion connected on a third side to the first connecting portion opposite to where the first connecting portion is connected to the central portion; and
a second end portion connected on a fourth side to the second connecting portion opposite to where the second connecting portion is connected to the central portion.

10. The bus bar connector of claim 9 , wherein the first end portion and the second end portion are rounded or tapered.

11. The bus bar connector of claim 9 , wherein:
the central portion includes a first seating groove defined on a third side, perpendicular to the first side and the second side;
the first connecting portion a includes a second seating groove defined on a fourth side, opposite to the third side; and
the second connecting portion a includes a third seating groove defined on the fourth side.

12. The bus bar connector of claim 9 , wherein:
the central portion, the first end portion, and the second end portion of each finger have a first thickness;
the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion of each finger have a second thickness, less than the first thickness; and
a difference between the first thickness and the second thickness defines two concave grooves in a surface of each finger.

13. The bus bar connector of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of fingers further includes a fifth finger and a sixth finger, wherein the first finger is stacked with the fifth finger to form the first side portion, wherein the second finger is stacked with the sixth finger to form the second side portion; and
the plurality of coil springs further includes a third coil spring with a third coil ending with a fifth hook and a sixth hook on opposing ends of the third coil and a fourth coil spring with a fourth coil ending with a seventh hook and an eighth hook on opposing ends of the fourth coil, wherein the third coil spring is connected to the first mounting pin via the fifth hook and the second mounting pin via the sixth hook, wherein the fourth coil spring is connected to the third mounting pin via the seventh hook and the fourth mounting pin via the eighth hook, wherein the third coil and the fourth coil are disposed between the first side portion and the second side portion and pull the first side portion and the second side portion towards each other via the plurality of mounting pins.

Assignees

• Ls Electric Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Seung Kyun

Classifications

• H01R4/4863 Primary

  Coil spring · CPC title

• H01R25/162 Primary

  Electrical connections between or with rails or bus-bars (rails having primarily a non electrical function H01R4/64) · CPC title

• H01R4/38

  utilising a clamping member acted on by screw or nut (H01R4/50 takes precedence) · CPC title