Bus bar module
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Takamatsu, Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Kimitoshi Makino, Makoto Kobayashi, Tomoji Yasuda
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Abstract
A bus bar module is attached to a battery assembly having a plurality of single cells which are assembled to each other along a first direction. The bus bar module includes a circuit body, a bus bar, and a holder. The circuit body includes a main line that extends in the first direction, a branch line that extends from the main line so as to branch from the main line, and a connection portion provided in a position close to a distal end of the branch line rather than a folded portion of the branch line and configured to be connected to the bus bar.
Claims6
A bus bar module configured to be attached to a battery assembly having a plurality of single cells which are assembled to each other along a first direction, the bus bar module comprising:
- a circuit body configured by a flexible board on which a wiring pattern is provided;
- a bus bar configured to be connected to an electrode of each of the single cells;
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- a holder configured to hold the bus bar and being stretchable and shrinkable in the first direction,
- wherein the circuit body includes:
- a main line that extends in the first direction;
- a branch line that extends from the main line so as to branch from the main line, a part of the branch line extending in the first direction and including a folded portion having a shape folded back around an axis extending in a width direction of the part of the branch line and intersecting with the first direction;
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- a connection portion provided in a position closer to a distal end of the branch line than the folded portion and configured to be connected to the bus bar;
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- wherein the main line and the branch line are configured by a unity member of the flexible board having a multiplicity of circuit structures;
- wherein the branch line includes:
- a first branch portion extending from a side portion of the main line in a direction intersecting with the first direction of the main line;
- and
- a second branch portion connecting with and extending from each of the first branch portion and to the connection portion;
- wherein the second branch portion having the folded portion and a constant width, the constant width of the second branch portion is measured in the width direction, and the width direction is perpendicular to both of the first direction and a thickness direction of the main line;
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- wherein the constant width of the second branch portion is the same as a width of the connection portion measured in the width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.