# US 2014/0192457 A1 · Battery distribution unit > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192457 A1 - Document ID: US20140192457A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/803,703 - Filed: 2013-03-14 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10 - Assignees: Tyco Electronics Corporation - Applicants: Tyco Electronics Corporation - Inventors: Weiping Zhao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192457A1 ## CPC - H01R 9/226: {comprising a plurality of conductive flat strips providing connection between wires or components (H01R9/2425 takes precedence)} - B60R 16/0238: {Electrical distribution centers} - H01H 85/0241: {Structural association of a fuse and another component or apparatus (switches with built-in fuses H01H9/10, spark-gap arresters H01H85/44, transformers and inductances H01F27/402, capacitors H01G2/14, lamps H01K1/66, semiconductors H10W20/493 or H10W42/80)} - H01R 11/09: the connecting locations being identical - H02B 1/207: {Cross-bar layouts} - H01H 2085/025: {Structural association with a binding post of a storage battery} - H01R 13/113: {co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section} - H01R 31/08: Short-circuiting members for bridging contacts in a counterpart - H01R 2201/26: for vehicles - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H01H: ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cables H01B7/10; electrolytic self-interrupters H01G9/18; emergency protective circuit arrangements H02H; switching by electronic means without contact-making H03K17/00) - H02B: BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, wherein the strip busbar includes first and second broad sides extending a length of the strip busbar between first and second ends, the strip busbar having a top edge and a bottom edge extending between the first and second ends, the strip busbar having at least two bends along the lengths. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, wherein the strip busbar includes first and second broad sides extending a length of the strip busbar between first and second ends, the strip busbar having a top edge and a bottom edge extending between the first and second ends, the first and second cross terminals being mounted to either of the top or bottom edges at any positions along the length, the first and second cross terminals engaging both the first and second broad sides. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, wherein the strip busbar is formed from a metal coil strip cut to length and bent into a predetermined shape to electrically connect the first and second blade terminals via the first and second cross terminals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, wherein the strip busbar has a rectangular cross section along an entire length thereof defined by opposite broad sides extending between a top edge and a bottom edge, the cross terminals being mounted onto either the top edge or the bottom edge to engage both broad sides. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, wherein the first and second cross terminals include L shaped wall segments arranged in four quadrants, the L shaped wall segments defining a cross shaped cavity configured to receive the strip busbar. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, wherein the first and second cross terminals each include a crossed shaped cavity having a first cavity segment and a second cavity segment perpendicular to and intersecting the first cavity segment, the first and second cross terminals being coupled to the strip busbar at different orthogonal orientations by loading the strip busbar into the first cavity segment or into the second cavity segment of the corresponding first or second cross terminal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, wherein the first and second cross terminals have open sides at both first ends and second ends thereof allowing the strip busbar and corresponding first and second blade terminal to pass through the open sides. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, wherein the BDU housing includes a channel and chambers open to a channel, the strip busbar received in the channel, the first and second cross terminals received in corresponding chambers to mechanically and electrically connect to the strip busbar. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, further comprising a second busbar and a third cross terminal, the third cross terminal receiving the second strip busbar at a first end thereof and being configured to receive a third blade extending from the second electronic device such that both the strip busbar and the second strip busbar are electrically connected to the second electron device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The BDU of claim 1, wherein the first ends includes at least four open sides. ### Claim 12 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; and 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. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The BDU of claim 12, wherein the strip busbar includes first and second broad sides extending a length of the strip busbar between first and second ends, the strip busbar having a top edge and a bottom edge extending between the first and second ends, the strip busbar having at least two bends along the lengths. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The BDU of claim 12, wherein the strip busbar includes first and second broad sides extending a length of the strip busbar between first and second ends, the strip busbar having a top edge and a bottom edge extending between the first and second ends, the first and second cross terminals being mounted to either of the first or second edges at any positions along the length, the first and second cross terminals engaging both the first and second broad sides. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The BDU of claim 12, wherein the strip busbar is formed from a metal coil strip cut to length and bent into a predetermined shape to electrically connect the first and second blade terminals via the first and second cross terminals. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The BDU of claim 12, wherein the strip busbar has a rectangular cross section along an entire length thereof defined by opposite broad sides extending between a top edge and a bottom edge, the broad sides facing walls defining the channels, the cross terminals being mounted onto either the top edge or the bottom edge to engage both broad sides. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The BDU of claim 12, wherein the first and second cross terminals include L shaped wall segments arranged in four quadrants, the L shaped wall segments defining a cross shaped cavity configured to receive the strip busbar. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The BDU of claim 12, wherein the first and second cross terminals each include a crossed shaped cavity having a first cavity segment and a second cavity segment perpendicular to and intersecting the first cavity segment, the first and second cross terminals being coupled to the strip busbar at different orthogonal orientations by loading the strip busbar into the first cavity segment or into the second cavity segment of the corresponding first or second cross terminal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The BDU of claim 12, wherein the first and second cross terminals have open sides at both first ends and second ends thereof allowing the strip busbar and corresponding first and second blade terminal to pass through the open sides. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The BDU of claim 12, wherein the channels and chambers are aligned vertically below the first and second electronic devices.