Noise reduction device and bus bar module

• US 9,117,587 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2012
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation), Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation), Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Nagata, Shuichi, Mizushima, Jun, Toyama, Akito
• Primary Examiner(s): Lian, Mangtin
• Application Number:
  US13/983,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20130342300A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• Field of Search: 336174-177, 336/212, 333/12, 333/185, 324/127, 174/36, 429/99, 296/021
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 17/06 with core substantially closed in itself, e.g. toroid
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 2017/065 Core mounted around conductor to absorb noise, e.g. EMI filter
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 37/00 Fixed inductances not covered by group H01F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 41/00 Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or assembling magnets, inductances or transformers; Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing materials characterised by their magnetic properties
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/4902 Electromagnet, transformer or inductor

Abstract

A noise reduction device includes a magnetic core and an elastically deformable elastic sheet. The magnetic core surrounds an outer periphery of an electric cable, and reduces noise emitted from the electric cable. The elastic sheet is wrapped around the electric cable so as to surround the electric cable, and is sandwiched between an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core and an outer peripheral surface of the electric cable and elastically deformed.

Claims

1. A noise reduction device for use with a bus bar module having a holder, the noise reduction device comprising:

a magnetic core configured to surround an outer periphery of an electric cable;

an elastic sheet configured to wrap around the electric cable so as to surround the electric cable, the elastic sheet being disposed between an inner peripheral surface of the magnetic core and an outer peripheral surface of the electric cable and elastically deformed, and at least a first portion of the elastic sheet overlaps a second portion of the elastic sheet; and

a guide portion of the holder disposed between the elastic sheet and the electric cable.

2. The noise reduction device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a wear-resistant sheet that is arranged between the magnetic core and the elastic sheet.

3. The noise reduction device according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic core and the elastic sheet surround a plurality of the electric cables.

4. The noise reduction device according to claim 3, further comprising:

an adhesive tape that bands the plurality of electric cables together.

5. The noise reduction device according to claim 1, wherein the elastic sheet is formed of a foam material.

6. A bus bar module comprising:

a plurality of bus bars for electrically connecting a plurality of power storage elements together;

a holder that holds the plurality of bus bars and is made of insulating material;

an electric cable, one end of which is fixed to the holder and a portion on the other end side of which is drawn out of the holder; and

the noise reduction device according to claim 1.

7. The bus bar module according to claim 6, further comprising

a plurality of the electric cables, wherein

the guide portion is configured to guide the plurality of electric cables to an attaching position of the noise reduction device.

10. The noise reduction device according to claim 1, wherein a number of times the elastic sheet is wrapped around the electric cable is changed according to a diameter of the electric cable and an inside diameter of the magnetic core.

8. A manufacturing method for a noise reduction device for use with a bus bar module having a holder, the noise reduction device including a magnetic core configured to surround an electric cable, the method comprising:

providing the electric cable and a holder having a guide portion;

wrapping an elastically deformable elastic sheet around the electric cable and the guide portion so that the elastic sheet surrounds the electric cable and the guide portion, the elastic sheet having a first portion and a second portion where the first portion overlaps the second portion; and

elastically deforming the elastic sheet by attaching the magnetic core to the electric cable that is surrounded by the elastic sheet.

9. The manufacturing method for a noise reduction device according to claim 8, wherein

in wrapping the elastic sheet around the electric cable, a wrapped state of the elastic sheet with respect to the electric cable is changed according to a diameter of the electric cable and an inside diameter of the magnetic core.