US 12,088,078 B2
Waterproof construction of three-phase line part and three-phase line connecting device
Yuto Ito, Utsunomiya (JP); and Keisuke Sasaki, Utsunomiya (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,301.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-155437 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085589 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 5/06 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H01B 7/02 (2006.01); H01R 4/02 (2006.01); H01R 9/22 (2006.01); H01R 11/01 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 5/061 (2013.01) [H01B 7/0018 (2013.01); H01B 7/02 (2013.01); H01R 9/223 (2013.01); H01R 11/01 (2013.01); H01R 4/023 (2013.01); H01R 9/226 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A waterproof construction of a three-phase line part, comprising:
a three-phase line part having three bus bar construction bodies which are disposed side by side;
a first terminal block provided on one end side of the three-phase line part;
a second terminal block provided on another end side of the three-phase line part; and
a tubular exterior member that covers a middle portion of the three-phase line part,
wherein one end of the tubular exterior member is water-tightly fixed to a first housing of the first terminal block, and another end of the tubular exterior member is water-tightly fixed to a second housing of the second terminal block, in a state that the tubular exterior member covers the three-phase line part,
wherein the first housing includes a first part that protrudes away from a side of the first housing, the second housing includes a second part that protrudes away from a side of the second housing, and the tubular exterior member is fitted onto an outer surface of the first part and an outer surface of the second part,
wherein each of the three bus bar construction bodies has a first rigid part and a second rigid part to be connected to mating terminals respectively at portions located on the one end side and the another end side of the three-phase line part, and a flexible part that has flexibility and can absorb a dimensional tolerance is provided between the first rigid part and the second rigid part,
wherein the first rigid part and the second rigid part are formed by a metal plate, and the flexible part is formed of flat braids that are joined together,
wherein the flexible part includes a first side end surface and a second side end surface, the first and second side end surfaces face in an extending direction of the flat braids, the first side end surface has a thickness and a width, and the second side end surface has a thickness and a width that is the same as the thickness and the width, respectively, of the first side end surface,
wherein the first rigid part has a third end surface that faces in an extending direction of the flat braids, the third end surface opposes and is joined to the first side end surface, the third end surface has a thickness and a width that are the same as the thickness and the width, respectively, of the first side end surface, and
wherein the second rigid part has a fourth end surface that faces in the extending direction of the flat braids, the fourth end surface opposes and is joined to the second side end surface, and the fourth end surface has a thickness and a width that are the same as the thickness and the width, respectively, of the second side end surface, and
a cross-sectional area of each of the first side end surface, the second side end surface, the third end surface, and the fourth end surface are the same.