Terminal block
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHirokazu Matsuzaki, Takenari Okuyama
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Abstract
A terminal block for electrically connecting a plurality of first wires connected to an electric motor and a plurality of second wires connected to a power conversion device for supplying drive power of the electric motor includes a case, a plurality of terminals housed in the case and configured to connect the plurality of first wires and the plurality of second wires to each other, a partition wall provided between the plurality of terminals to electrically isolate the plurality of terminals from each other, and plate-like members provided between the partition wall and the terminals and made of a material with a higher elasticity than the case and the partition wall.
Claims17
A terminal block for electrically connecting a plurality of first wires connected to an electric motor and a plurality of second wires connected to a power conversion device for supplying drive power of the electric motor, comprising:
- a case made of a first resin material;
- a plurality of terminals housed in the case and configured to connect the plurality of first wires and the plurality of second wires to each other;
- a partition wall provided between the plurality of terminals to electrically isolate the plurality of terminals from each other;
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- plate-like members provided between the partition wall and the terminals and made of a second resin material with a higher elasticity than material of the case and the partition wall made of the first resin material,
- wherein the plate-like members are formed between the partition wall and the terminals by an integral molding of the case, the partition wall and the terminals with the second resin material.
A method of manufacturing a terminal block for electrically connecting a plurality of first wires connected to an electric motor and a plurality of second wires connected to a power conversion device for supplying drive power of the electric motor, comprising:
- housing a plurality of terminals in a case made of a first resin material, the plurality of terminals being configured to connect the plurality of first wires and the plurality of second wires to each other;
- forming a partition wall between the terminals to electrically isolate the terminals from each other;
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- integrally molding the case, the partition wall and the terminals with a second resin material to form plate-like members between the partition wall and the terminals, the second resin material having a higher elasticity than material of the case and the partition wall made of the first resin material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.