Battery wiring module including a wire routing space disposed on a lid covering a bus bar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9287672-B2
Application number	US-201214114867-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2012
Priority date	Jun 9, 2011
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A battery wiring module is configured for attachment to an electric cell group constituted by an array of a plurality of electric cells, each having positive and negative electrode terminals. The battery wiring module includes a bus bar connectable to the electrode terminals, a detection wire for detecting a state of the electric cell group, a resin protector for holding the bus bar, a lid portion that covers the bus bar and is made of an insulating material, and at least one wall portion disposed on a face of the lid portion opposite to the bus bar in a direction intersecting the lid portion. The at least wall portion forms a routing space in which the detection wire is routed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery wiring module for attachment to an electric cell group that includes an array of a plurality of electric cells, each having positive and negative electrode terminals, the battery wiring module comprising:
a bus bar to be connected to the electrode terminals;
a detection wire configured to detect a state of the electric cell group;
a resin protector that holds the bus bar;
a lid portion that covers the bus bar and is formed of an insulating material, the lid portion defining a face that is opposite to the bus bar in a direction intersecting the lid portion; and
at least one wall portion disposed on the face of the lid portion, the at least one wall portion defining a routing space in which the detection wire is routed.

2. The battery wiring module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one wall portion is a pair of wall portions provided on both sides of the detection wire, and the pair of wall portions extend continuously in a routing direction of the detection wire,
further comprising a wire covering portion for covering the detection wire that is routed in the routing space so as to bridge the pair of wall portions.

3. The battery wire module according to claim 2 , wherein the pair of wall portions and wire covering portion are configured to restrict protrusion of the detection wire from the routing space to the exterior.

4. The battery wiring module according to claim 2 ,
wherein the wire covering portion is integrated with the lid portion, and is pivotable between a closed state in which the wire covering portion closes the routing space, and an opened state in which the wire covering portion releases the routing space.

5. The battery wiring module according to claim 4 ,
wherein the wire covering portion and the wall portion are each provided with a locking structure for stopping each other in an engaged manner with pivoting movement of the wire covering portion from the opened state to the closed state.

6. The battery wiring module according to claim 4 , wherein the wire covering portion and the lid portion are configured to fix the detection wire to the lid portion.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Nakayama Osamu

Classifications

• H01R25/006 Primary

  the coupling part being secured to apparatus or structure, e.g. duplex wall receptacle · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M10/482 Primary

  for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title

• H01M50/507

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

• H01M50/209

  adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) · CPC title