US 12,407,071 B2
Connection module
Yusuke Isaji, Mie (JP); and Hitoshi Takeda, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/922,855
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/016778
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/235198, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-086464 (JP), filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0268618 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01R 25/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 50/507 (2021.01) [H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01R 25/161 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection module configured to be accommodated inside a casing including an upper case and a lower case, the connection module comprising:
a plurality of bus bars that electrically connect a device disposed on the upper case side inside the casing to a connector disposed on the lower case side inside the casing;
a plurality of holders that hold the plurality of bus bars, each of the plurality of holders including a bus bar holding portion; and
a bracket capable of locking the plurality of holders,
wherein, in a state in which the plurality of holders that hold the plurality of bus bars are locked to the bracket, the plurality of bus bars are arranged side by side in a first direction orthogonal to a vertical direction,
a direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and intersecting the first direction is assumed to be a second direction,
the plurality of bus bars each include an upper connection portion extending in the second direction so as to be connected to the device, a lower connection portion extending in the second direction so as to be connected to the connector, and a coupling portion extending in the vertical direction so as to connect the upper connection portion and the lower connection portion to each other,
a clearance is set between each of the bus bars and the corresponding holder in the second direction, and
clearances are set between each of the holders and the bracket in the vertical direction and the first direction, respectively.