Conductor for busbar electric wire, and busbar electric wire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11848124-B2
Application number	US-202217744625-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2022
Priority date	Jun 15, 2021
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

A conductor for a busbar electric wire can include a conductive plate material having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape and an opening formed on one side in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the plate material. The width direction can correspond to a planar direction of the plate material. A busbar electric wire can include the conductor and an insulating sheath that covers the plate material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A conductor for busbar electric wire comprising:
a conductive plate material having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape; and
an opening formed only on one side of the plate material in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the plate material, the width direction corresponding to a planar direction of the plate material, and the opening passes through the plate material in a thickness direction of the plate material, wherein
the plate material has a center line that extends in the longitudinal direction and bisects the plate material in the width direction, and
the opening extends from the one side in the width direction and stops in the width direction at a location on the plate material that is between the one end and the center line.

2. A busbar electric wire comprising:
the conductor for busbar electric wire according to claim 1 ; and
an insulating sheath that is an insulator covering the conductor for busbar electric wire, wherein
at least a part of the opening has a non-filled portion in which the insulating sheath is not filled.

3. The busbar electric wire according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a bent portion formed by bending, towards the one side along the planar direction of the plate material, a portion having the opening on the one side that is an inner side of bending.

4. The busbar electric wire according to claim 3 , wherein the plate material has a top surface, a bottom surface that is opposite to the top surface, a first side surface that extends from and is connected to each of the top surface and the bottom surface, and a second side surface that is opposite to the first side surface in the width direction, the second side surface extends from and is connected to each of the top surface and the bottom surface, the opening extends through each of the top surface, the bottom surface, and the first side surface, and the opening is spaced away from the second side surface.

5. The busbar electric wire according to claim 4 , wherein
the top surface and the bottom surface are flat surfaces,
the first side surface is on an inner side of the bent portion and the second side surface is on an outer side of the bent portion.

6. A conductor for busbar electric wire, comprising:
a conductive plate material having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape;
a plurality of openings formed only on one side of the plate material in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the plate material, the width direction corresponding to a planar direction of the plate material, wherein
the plate material includes a plurality of plate portions that are separated from each other by the openings such that a respective one of the plate portions is located between a respective pair of the openings,
the plate portions contact each other when the plate material is formed with a bent portion that includes the plate portions, wherein
the plate material has a center line that extends in the longitudinal direction and bisects the plate material in the width direction, and
each of the openings extends from the one side in the width direction and stops in the width direction at a respective location on the plate material that is between the one end and the center line.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kondo Hiroki
• Shirai Mizuki
• Kamata Takeshi

Classifications

• H01B7/08 Primary

  Flat or ribbon cables · CPC title

• H01B7/0081 Primary

  Cables of rigid construction (rigid-tube cables H01B7/16) · CPC title

• H01B7/02

  Disposition of insulation · CPC title

• H01B5/02 Primary

  Single bars, rods, wires, or strips · CPC title