Terminal block
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTomoki Abe, Daisuke Hashimoto, Masaharu Suetani, Kentaro Tachi
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Abstract
A terminal block that is to be fixed to a case of a device and to which an electrically conductive member is to be fastened by a bolt, the terminal block including: a nut to which the bolt is to be screwed; a heat sink that includes a heat dissipation portion configured to come into contact with a coolant for cooling the device; and an insulator that electrically insulates the nut and the heat sink from each other, wherein the heat sink includes a rib located around the nut.
Claims9
A terminal block that is to be fixed to a case of a device and to which an electrically conductive member is to be fastened by a bolt, the terminal block comprising:
- a nut to which the bolt is to be screwed;
- a heat sink that includes a heat dissipation portion configured to come into contact with a coolant for cooling the device;
- and
- an insulator that electrically insulates the nut and the heat sink from each other,
- wherein the heat sink includes a rib that protrudes from a surface of the insulator towards the nut, and the rib is located around the nut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.