# US 10,483,508 B2 · Wiring module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,483,508 B2 - Document ID: US10483508B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/755,416 - Filed: 2016-08-31 - Published: 2018-09-06 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-16 - Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu; Hiroki Hirai; Tetsuji Tanaka; Ryouya Okamoto; Hitoshi Takeda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10483508B2 ## CPC - H01R 11/11: End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member (H01R11/01 takes precedence) - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/244: Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method - H01M 50/264: for cells or batteries, e.g. straps, tie rods or peripheral frames - H01M 50/298: characterised by the wiring of battery packs - H01M 50/507: comprising an arrangement of two or more busbars within a container structure, e.g. busbar modules - H01R 24/00: Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure (contact members H01R13/02; securing contact members in or to a base or case or insulating of contact members H01R13/40; bases or cases H01R13/46; means for supporting coupling part when not engaged H01R13/60; means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement H01R13/62; means for preventing, inhibiting or avoiding incorrect coupling H01R13/64) - H01M 2220/20: Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane - H01R 25/16: Rails or bus-bars provided with a plurality of discrete connecting locations for counterparts - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract In a battery wiring module that is to be attached from a Y-axis direction (second direction) to a single battery group in which multiple single batteries that have electrode terminals are aligned in the X-axis direction (first direction), multiple holding units that are coupled in the X-axis direction and constitute a holding plate are each provided with a locking hook including a first locking surface and a second locking surface, and a locked hook that includes a first locked surface and a second locked surface, and by relatively sliding the holding units in the X-axis direction, the holding units can be coupled in a first locking state in which the first locked surface is locked to the second locking surface, or in a second locking state in which the first locked surface is locked to the first locking surface of the locking hook and the second locked surface is locked to the second locking surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wiring module to be attached to a power storage element group in which a plurality of power storage elements having positive and negative electrode terminals are aligned in a first direction, the wiring module configured to be attached from a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, comprising: connection members to be connected to the electrode terminals; and a plurality of holding units that are coupled in the first direction and hold the connection members, wherein the holding units are each provided with: a locking portion that locks and couples a holding unit adjacent to the holding unit, and a locked portion that is locked to the locking portion of a holding unit adjacent to the holding unit, and a plurality of at least one of the locking portions and the locked portions are provided in alignment in the first direction in the holding unit and are configured such that an interval between the adjacent holding units can be changed in a stepwise manner, wherein the locking portion of the holding unit is configured to lock with the locked portion of an adjacent holding unit at a first set interval of a plurality of set intervals so that a distance taken in the first direction between the holding unit and the adjacent holding unit is kept constant and maintained at a predetermined length that corresponds to the first set interval. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wiring module according to claim 1, wherein the locked portions of the holding units can each be locked to the locking portion of a holding unit adjacent to the holding unit by sliding along the first direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wiring module according to claim 1, wherein the locked portions of the holding units can each be locked to the locking portion of a holding unit adjacent to the holding unit by being pressed along the second direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The wiring module according to claim 1, wherein the interval between the adjacent holding units is configured to be changeable in a stepwise manner by changing at least one of the locking portion and the locked portion used to couple the adjacent holding units. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The wiring module according to claim 4, wherein the locked portions of the holding units can each be locked to the locking portion of a holding unit adjacent to the holding unit by sliding along the first direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The wiring module according to claim 4, wherein the locked portions of the holding units can each be locked to the locking portion of a holding unit adjacent to the holding unit by being pressed along the second direction.