US 12,278,394 B2
Flexible bus bar, composite bus bar, power storage pack, and method for manufacturing flexible bus bar
Nobuyuki Matsumura, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/634,173
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/030171
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/039344, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-154811 (JP), filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0320686 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/505 (2021.01) [H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible bus bar comprising:
at least one folded portion in which one metal plate member is folded; and
a plurality of laminated portions that are laminated via the folded portion,
wherein side edges of the plurality of laminated portions provided with the folded portion include a cut portion from which a portion other than the folded portion is cut, and
the folded portion is formed at a portion near an end portion of a side edge provided with the folded portion, of the side edges of the plurality of laminated portions.