Connection structure for bus bars

• US 6,270,361 B1
• Filed: 03/07/2000
• Issued: 08/07/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Harness System Technologies Research, Ltd. (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamane, Shigeki, Kasai, Koji, Onizuka, Takahiro, Oka, Yoshito
• Primary Examiner(s): Sircus, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, THANH TAM T
• Application Number:
  US09/520,186
• Time in Patent Office: 518 Days
• Field of Search: 439/76.2, 439/949, 439/723, 439/724
• US Class Current: 439/76.2
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/226 comprising a plurality of conductive flat strips providing connection between wires or components H01R9/2425 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0289 having a matrix lay-out, i.e. having selectively interconnectable sets of X-conductors and Y-conductors in different planes
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/0394 Conductor crossing over a hole in the substrate or a gap between two separate substrate parts
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2203/063 of preperforated insulating layer
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/202 using self-supporting metal foil pattern
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/328 by welding
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/4084 by deforming at least one of the conductive layers
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/026 Multiple connections subassemblies

Abstract

Bus bars 16(A to D) and 17(A to C) on the two faces of an insulating plate 15 can be electrically connected by arranging the longitudinal bus bars 17(A to C) on one face of the insulating plate 15 and the transverse bus bars 16(A to D) on the other face of the insulating plate 15, by fitting recesses 16a to 16d of the bus bars 16(A to D) of at least the one face at the suitable positions of the intersecting portions of the bus bars 16(A to D) and 17(A to C) of the two faces in through holes 15a of the insulating plate 15 to bring the recesses 16a to 16d into contact with the bus bars 17(A to C) of the face, as confronted thereby, and to weld them 16a to 16d to the same bus bars 17(A to C).

Claims

1. A connection structure for bus bars to be housed in an electric connection box comprising:

longitudinal bus bars which are extended straight in a longitudinal direction at a predetermined pitch on a first face of an insulating plate;

transverse bus bars which are extended straight in a transverse direction at a predetermined pitch on a second face of said insulating plate;

wherein

said insulating plate has through boles at a first predetermined location at intersecting portions of said bus bars on the first and second faces;

at least one of said bus bars on the first and second faces is provided with at least one preformed recessed portion at a second predetermined location corresponding to the first predetermined location of the through holes so that the recessed portion can be fitted in the through holes; and

the at least one preformed recess is brought into contact with and welded at the through holes so that said bus bars on the first and second faces are electrically connected.

2. The bus connection structure as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said individual bus bars on the first and second faces are provided with end portions having connector tab terminals which are raised upward.

3. The bus bar connection structure as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said individual bus bars on the first and second faces are cut at suitable lengths.

4. A connection structure for bus bars to be housed in an electric connection box comprising:

longitudinal bus bars which are extended straight in a longitudinal direction at a predetermined pitch on a first face of an insulating plate;

transverse bus bars which are extended straight in a transverse direction at a predetermined pitch on a second face of said insulating plate;

wherein

said insulating plate has through holes at intersecting portions of said bus bars on the first and second faces;

said bus bars for the first face are provided with lower layer compression blades which are extended through slits formed in said insulating plate to the second face of said insulating plate,

on the second face of said insulating plate, said bus bars are provided at two ends thereof with upper layer compression blades confronting the lower layer compression blades and connector tab terminals, and

jumper electric wires are compressed on the upper layer compression blades and the lower layer compression blades to connect said bus bars on the two faces electrically.

5. The bus bar connection structure as set forth in claim 4, wherein

said bus bars for the first face are provided with lower layer compression blades which are extended through slit formed in said insulating plate to the face of said insulating plate for the upper layer,

on the second face of the insulating plate for the, connector tab terminals are provided with compression blades at their lower ends,

jumper electric wires are compressed on the upper and lower layer compression blades so that said bus bars for the first face and said connector tab terminals for the second face are electrically connected.