US 12,218,495 B2
Bus bar assembly
Yun Ho Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,464.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0080524 (KR), filed on Jun. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0429695 A1, Dec. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. H02K 3/18 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); H01H 85/02 (2006.01); H02G 5/04 (2006.01); H05K 9/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01)
CPC H02G 5/04 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0238 (2013.01); H01H 85/0241 (2013.01); H05K 9/002 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 2210/40 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bus bar assembly comprising:
a first bus bar corresponding to a first pole, extending in a first direction;
a second bus bar, corresponding to a second pole, extending in the first direction, and spaced from the first bus bar in a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein a narrowing portion with a reduced cross-sectional area is formed on at least one bus bar of the first bus bar and the second bus bar in the first direction between a first end portion and a second end portion of the at least one bus bar:
an arc-blocking portion disposed to surround a portion of the first bus bar and a portion of the second bus bar to surround the narrowing portion:
a magnetic core disposed outside the arc-blocking portion to surround the portions of the first bus bar and the second bus bar; and
a housing accommodating the portions of the first bus bar and the second bus bar, the arc-blocking portion, and the magnetic core in the housing.