US 12,340,922 B2
Bus bar and method for producing same
Kunihiro Iwata, Toyota (JP); Shunsuke Kawai, Toyota (JP); and Ken Kobayashi, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., Toyota (JP)
Appl. No. 17/787,354
Filed by TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., Toyota (JP)
PCT Filed Aug. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/031956
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/131155, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-231155 (JP), filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014821 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H01B 5/02 (2006.01); B21D 19/08 (2006.01); B23K 26/21 (2014.01); H02B 1/20 (2006.01); B21D 5/16 (2006.01); B21D 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 5/02 (2013.01) [B21D 19/08 (2013.01); B23K 26/21 (2015.10); H02B 1/20 (2013.01); B21D 5/16 (2013.01); B21D 11/08 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bus bar comprising:
a metal plate having holes defined therein along a bend line;
a folded part formed by bending the metal plate along the bend line, the folded part including a first region and a second region, the first region being located between an outer edge of the metal plate and the bend line, and the second region overlapping in close contact with the first region, the folded part further including one or more welds disposed adjacent to and along the holes to weld the first and second regions to each other; and
a terminal integrally formed in the first region between the bend line and the outer edge of the metal plate, the terminal having a pair of opposite faces and a pair of opposite end portions, the pair of faces having a width greater than a width of the pair of end portions, the terminal being oriented in the first region such that one of the pair of end portions faces the outer edge of the metal plate and an opposite one of the pair of end portions faces the bend line.