US 12,080,909 B2
Flexible printed circuit, wiring member, power storage module, and connection module
Hideo Takahashi, Mie (JP); Shinichi Takase, Mie (JP); and Hideaki Nakajima, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/275,965
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/035668
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/071070, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-187563 (JP), filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0408633 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/298 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/553 (2021.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 50/298 (2021.01) [H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01); H01M 50/55 (2021.01); H01M 50/553 (2021.01); H05K 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 1/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible printed circuit with a plurality of conductive paths to which protruding portions protruding from conductive members to be connected to electrode terminals of power storage elements are to be connected, the flexible printed circuit comprising:
a plurality of inlet openings that are larger in size than external shapes of the protruding portions and into which the protruding portions can be inserted with a gap being formed around each protruding portion; and
a plurality of entrance openings that are provided corresponding to the inlet openings, have a configuration in which the protruding portions can be moved thereinto from the inlet openings, are narrower than the inlet openings, and extend in a plate-face direction of the flexible printed circuit,
wherein each of the conductive paths includes a land that is located at an edge portion of the entrance opening and to which the protruding portion is to be connected.