US 11,837,826 B2
Bus bar and power electronic device with current shaping terminal connector and method of making a terminal connector
Henry Todd Young, Erie, PA (US); Alvaro Jorge Mari Curbelo, Oberschleissheim (DE); Jason Daniel Kuttenkuler, Erie, PA (US); Tiziana Bertoncelli, Munich (DE); and Sean Patrick Cillessen, Erie, PA (US)
Assigned to TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/544,443.
Application 16/149,946 is a division of application No. 15/524,288, granted, now 10,128,625, issued on Nov. 13, 2018, previously published as PCT/US2015/061217, filed on Nov. 18, 2015.
Application 17/544,443 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/874,346, filed on May 14, 2020, granted, now 11,239,618.
Application 16/874,346 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/149,946, filed on Oct. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,693,265, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/081,179, filed on Nov. 18, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0094124 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 25/16 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H02G 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 23/46 (2006.01); H01L 23/492 (2006.01); H01L 25/11 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01); H02M 7/537 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 25/162 (2013.01) [H01L 23/46 (2013.01); H01L 23/492 (2013.01); H01L 25/115 (2013.01); H01R 43/16 (2013.01); H02G 5/005 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H05K 7/2089 (2013.01); H05K 7/20927 (2013.01); H02M 7/537 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A bus bar comprising:
a supply terminal connector assembly extending from a first lateral side to an opposite second lateral side, the supply terminal connector assembly including one or more first holes configured for connection with one or more collector terminals of a first switch element and one or more second holes for connection with one or more emitter terminals of a second switch element,
the supply terminal connector assembly also includes first and second tabs protruding from the supply terminal connector assembly, the first tab including one or more third holes configured for connection with a first direct current (DC) bus, the second tab including one or more fourth holes configured for connection with a second DC bus,
the supply terminal connector assembly also includes one or more L-shaped slots between (a) the one or more first holes or the one or more second holes and (b) the one or more third holes or the one or more fourth holes,
the first and second tabs offset from each other such that the first tab is closer to the first lateral side of the supply terminal connector assembly than the second tab and the second tab is closer to the second lateral side of the supply terminal connector assembly than the first tab, wherein at least a portion of the first tab overlaps with at least a portion of the second tab.