Battery distribution unit
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorWeiping Zhao
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Abstract
A battery distribution unit (BDU) for holding a first electronic device having a first blade terminal extending therefrom and a second electronic device having a second blade terminal extending therefrom includes a BDU housing, a strip busbar received in the BDU housing, and first and second cross terminals received in the BDU housing. The first cross terminal receives the strip busbar at a first end thereof and is configured to receive the first blade terminal at a second end thereof. The second cross terminal receives the strip busbar at a first end thereof and is configured to receive the second blade terminal at a second end thereof.
Claims20
A battery distribution unit (BDU) configured to hold a first electronic device having a first blade terminal extending therefrom and a second electronic device having a second blade terminal extending therefrom, the BDU comprising:
- a BDU housing;
- a strip busbar received in the BDU housing;
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- first and second cross terminals received in the BDU housing, the first cross terminal receiving the strip busbar at a first end thereof and being configured to receive the first blade terminal at a second end thereof, the second cross terminal receiving the strip busbar at a first end thereof and being configured to receive the second blade terminal at a second end thereof.
A battery distribution unit (BDU) configured to hold a first electronic device having a first blade terminal extending therefrom and a second electronic device having a second blade terminal extending therefrom, the BDU comprising:
- a BDU housing having an upper housing configured to hold the first and second electronic devices and a lower housing, the lower housing having a top and a bottom, the lower housing having channels extending vertically between the top and the bottom, the lower housing having chambers open to the channels;
- strip busbars received in corresponding channels the lower housing;
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- first and second cross terminals received in corresponding chambers in the lower housing, the first cross terminal receiving the strip busbar at a first end thereof and being configured to receive the first blade terminal at a second end thereof, the second cross terminal receiving the strip busbar at a first end thereof and being configured to receive the second blade terminal at a second end thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.