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Terminal base of power supply device for electric vehicle

  • US 9,093,701 B2
  • Filed: 02/08/2013
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A terminal base of a power supply device for an electric vehicle, the power supply device including a battery case for accommodating battery cells for supplying electric power to an electric motor of an electric vehicle, and the power supply device being mountable to and detachable from the electric vehicle, wherein the terminal base comprises:

  • a base having a substantially rectangular opening for accepting a substantially rectangular insulator board holding a plurality of male-side terminals;

    a first lower guide projecting toward an opening side along a lower surface of the base at one edge of the opening;

    a first upper guide projecting toward the opening side along an upper surface of the base from the edge where the first lower guide projects;

    a second lower guide projecting toward the opening side along the lower surface of the base at an edge opposed to the edge where the first lower guide and the first upper guide project; and

    a second upper guide projecting toward the opening side along the upper surface of the base from the edge where the second lower guide projects,wherein a first edge of the insulator board is clamped by the first lower guide and the first upper guide from lower and upper sides, and a second edge opposed to the first edge of the insulator board is clamped by the second lower guide and the second upper guide from the lower and upper sides, whereby the insulator board is supported in a floating state, andwherein the first lower guide and the first upper guide are spaced apart from each other by the base.

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