US 12,224,455 B2
In-vehicle wiring module and flexible substrate
Nobuyuki Matsumura, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 18/020,374
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/027847
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/044666, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-143403 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0307795 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/507 (2021.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/553 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/507 (2021.01) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/553 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An in-vehicle wiring module that is to be attached to a plurality of power storage elements that include electrode terminals, the in-vehicle wiring module comprising:
a busbar that is connected to the electrode terminals; and
a flexible substrate that is electrically connected to the busbar,
wherein the flexible substrate has a folded-over structure where the flexible substrate is folded along a folding portion,
the folded-over structure includes a protrusion that protrudes from an outer edge of the flexible substrate in an expanded state before the flexible substrate is folded along the folding portion, and a slit into which the protrusion is to be inserted,
the folding portion is disposed between the protrusion and the slit of the flexible substrate in the expanded state, and
as a result of the protrusion being inserted into the slit, the flexible substrate is kept from deforming so as to return to the expanded state from a state of being folded along the folding portion.