Circuit structure
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorYuki Fujimura
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Abstract
A first busbar includes a first electrical connection portion that is electrically connected to a main relay, a first heat transfer connection portion that is thermally connected to the insulating plate, and a first detour portion that connects the first electrical connection portion and the first heat transfer connection portion to each other. A second busbar includes a second electrical connection portion that is electrically connected to the main relay, a second heat transfer connection portion that is thermally connected to the insulating plate, and a lateral detour portion and a lower detour portion that connect the second electrical connection portion and the second heat transfer connection portion to each other.
Claims6
A circuit structure comprising:
- a heat generating component that generates heat when electrical power is supplied;
- a busbar including an electrical connection portion electrically connected to the heat generating component, a heat transfer connection portion provided at a different position from the electrical connection portion, and a detour portion that connects the electrical connection portion and the heat transfer connection portion to each other;
- a base member that has an upper surface on which the heat generating component is arranged and a lower surface, and includes a through hole that passes through the upper surface and the lower surface and accommodates the heat transfer connection portion;
- an insulating plate that is made of an insulating material and is arranged below the heat transfer connection portion;
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- a heat dissipation member that is made of a metal and is arranged below the insulating plate,
- wherein the heat generating component is a relay, the relay has a power terminal to which electrical power is supplied, and the electrical connection portion of the busbar is connected to the power terminal,
- a sub busbar different from the busbar is arranged on the insulating plate at a position corresponding to the heat generating component,
- the sub busbar includes a precharge busbar that constitutes a precharge circuit connected in parallel to the relay, and
- in the precharge circuit, a precharge relay and a precharge resistor are connected in series via the precharge busbar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.