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US 12,695,160 B2Granted
FFC bus bar
AssigneeLG Energy Solution, Ltd.
InventorsSun-Woo Yun, Sung-Tack Hwang
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Abstract
An FFC bus bar includes a cable stack structure formed by stacking a plurality of flat flexible cables, and a high current terminal connected to at least one end portion of the cable stack structure. Each flat flexible cable comprises a terminal access portion including strands of conductor wires at at least one end portion thereof, and the terminal access portion is welded to the high current terminal.
Claims12
A flat flexible cable (FFC) bus bar comprising:
- a plurality of FFCs stacked one upon another;
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- a high current terminal connected to at least one end portion of the stacked plurality of FFCs,
- wherein each FFC comprises a respective terminal access portion including a respective plurality of strands of conductor wires positioned at the at least one end portion of the stacked plurality of FFCs, and
- each respective terminal access portion is welded to the high current terminal,
- wherein the high current terminal comprises a plurality of welding sheets, wherein each welding sheet is a thin plate,
- wherein the terminal access portions of the plurality of FFCs and the plurality of welding sheets are arranged in alternating layers such that the inner alternating layers contact the alternating layers directly above and directly below, and
- wherein the terminal access portions of the plurality of FFCs are welded with the plurality of welding sheets into a single body.
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