US 11,837,830 B2
Hinged busbar assembly
Alan Crighton, Round Rock, TX (US); and Robert Dillman, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/270,059
Filed by MOLEX LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/048218
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/046850, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/723,335, filed on Aug. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0328396 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 35/04 (2006.01); H01R 11/01 (2006.01); H02G 5/00 (2006.01); H02B 1/21 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 35/04 (2013.01) [H01R 11/01 (2013.01); H02B 1/21 (2013.01); H02G 5/007 (2013.01); H01R 4/48 (2013.01); H05K 7/1457 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hinged busbar assembly for providing an electrical connection between first and second components comprising: a first mounting busbar configured to be electrically and mechanically connected to the first component at a first fixed connection; a second mounting busbar configured to be electrically and mechanically connected to the second component at a second fixed connection; and extension busbars extending between the first and second mounting busbars, adjacent extension busbars being electrically and mechanically connected to each other at a pivotal connection, each pivotal connection including a first extension extending from a first one of the adjacent extension busbars and having an electrical contact mounted therein, a second extension extending from a second one of the adjacent extension busbars and having an electrical contact mounted therein, the extensions in each pivotal connection being stacked one above the other and having a pin extending therethrough.