US 11,749,858 B2
Bus bar and battery pack including the same
Sol San Son, Daejeon (KR); Dong Ha Hwang, Daejeon (KR); Seok Min Kim, Daejeon (KR); Seo Roh Rhee, Daejeon (KR); Ji Seok Lee, Daejeon (KR); Gyu Jin Chung, Daejeon (KR); Seung Hoon Ju, Daejeon (KR); and Yang Kyu Choi, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to SK ON CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK Innovation Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/576,511.
Application 17/576,511 is a division of application No. 16/532,891, filed on Aug. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,271,271.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0108445 (KR), filed on Sep. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0140444 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 50/543 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/517 (2021.01); H01M 50/51 (2021.01); H01M 50/512 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/204 (2021.01) [H01M 10/0585 (2013.01); H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 50/51 (2021.01); H01M 50/512 (2021.01); H01M 50/517 (2021.01); H02J 7/00304 (2020.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bus bar, comprising:
terminal portions disposed at both ends thereof, respectively; and
a plurality of bridges disposed between the terminal portions to electrically connect the terminal portions, and to be sequentially fused when an overcurrent flows,
wherein the plurality of bridges are formed of different materials from each other, and to have different resistance values, respectively, and
wherein the plurality of bridges are connected to each other in parallel.