Automotive Junction Box Patents (Class 439/76.2)
  • Patent number: 11936264
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a rotor rotatably mounted in the housing a stator fixedly mounted to the housing. The stator includes a stator core and a plurality of stator windings supported by the stator core. The stator core surrounds the rotor. A busbar including a plurality of electrically conductive members is coupled to the stator windings and an insulating cover extends across at least a portion of the electrically conductive members. A bracket is coupled to the busbar and one of the stator core and the housing, the bracket supporting the busbar in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Jones, Mariusz J. Kalisz, Scott W. Bitzer, Tim Sailors
  • Patent number: 11936495
    Abstract: Provided are a wire harness and a communication relay method with which effects such as reduction in the relay processing load of an in-vehicle device or improvement in the scalability of an in-vehicle device can be expected. A wire harness according to an embodiment includes a circuit board detachably mountable to an in-vehicle device, a plurality of communication lines connected to the circuit board, and a relay unit provided on the circuit board and configured to relay communication between the plurality of communication lines and to relay communication between the communication lines and the in-vehicle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yasunori, Makoto Chujo
  • Patent number: 11888174
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a contactor box (201) for an electrical energy storage system (200) of an at least partly electrical vehicle (100). The contactor box (201) comprises a first ingoing high voltage connection (203a) adapted to be connected to a second ingoing high voltage connection (203b) of a battery (210). The contactor box (201) comprises a first outgoing high voltage connection (205a) adapted to be connected to a second outgoing high voltage connection (205b) of the battery (210). The first ingoing and the first outgoing high voltage connections (203a, 205a) are adapted to be disengaged from the battery (210) when the contactor box (201) is removed from the vehicle (100), and adapted to be engaged with the battery (210) when the contactor box (201) is inserted into the vehicle (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bill Östman
  • Patent number: 11888270
    Abstract: An artificial lighted tree is presented with power routed through the trunk and three-wire safety grounding. The tree comprising a fused electrical plug having improved safety features comprising: a body portion surrounding respective first ends of a first, a second and a third electrical wire, the body portion further comprising a fuse holder embedded within an upper region of the body portion, and a fuse adapted to be releasably secured within the fuse holder via releasable securing means, a live blade in communication with the first end of the first electrical wire, a neutral blade in communication with the first end of the second electrical wire, a ground pin receptacle in communication with the first end of the third electrical wire, wherein the body portion surrounds and maintains the live blade, neutral blade, and ground pin receptacle in spaced apart orientation corresponding to polarized sockets on an electrical wall outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHRISTMAS PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventor: Michael M. McRae
  • Patent number: 11881747
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor configured to rotate about a central axis extending in an up-down direction, a stator located radially outside the rotor, a bracket located above the stator, a circuit board held by the bracket and disposed along a plane perpendicular to an axial direction, and a bus bar held by the bracket and connected to the circuit board at a terminal connection portion. The bracket includes a board support portion supporting the circuit board from below, and a wall portion protruding upward to be higher than the board support portion and surrounding the circuit board. The wall portion has a cutout portion extending downward from an upper end of the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuhei Yamaguchi, Takayuki Makino, Keigo Nakamura, Hisashi Fujihara
  • Patent number: 11637471
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rotary electric machine including a housing, a stator, a rotor, an outer cover and a plurality of power cables. The stator is disposed in the housing and includes a stator core, a plurality of windings, a circuit board and a plurality of conductive pillars. The plurality of windings are wound around the stator core. The circuit board is fixed on the top of the stator core. The plurality of conductive pillars are electrically coupled with the circuit board. The rotor includes and an end cover. The end cover is disposed between the outer cover and the housing. The plurality of conductive pillars partially penetrate through a notch of the end cover, respectively. Two ends of each of the plurality of power cables are electrically coupled with the corresponding one of the plurality of conductive pillars and a connector, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shiun-Yi Lin, Ken-Yao Chuang, Chien-Da Chen
  • Patent number: 11632009
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a busbar assembly, a motor, an electrical product, and a method for manufacturing a busbar assembly. The busbar assembly includes a busbar for conducting electricity and a busbar holder for supporting the busbar. The busbar extends in a circumferential direction, a height of the busbar in an axial direction is greater than a thickness in a radial direction, and the busbar holder is integrally molded with the busbar. The busbar includes a plurality of convex portions extending in the axial direction, and the convex portions are exposed from the busbar holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Jun Gao, Wenlong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11552576
    Abstract: A power apparatus includes a first power bus bar provided at a first power part, a second power bus bar provided at a second power part coupled to the first power part while communicating internally with the first power part, the second power bus bar being fastened to the first power bus bar, a first interlock bus bar provided at the first power part while being connected to an interlock terminal of a controller disposed within the first power part, a second interlock bus bar provided at the second power part while being fastened to the first interlock bus bar, and a safety cover fastened to a fastening portion between the first interlock bus bar and the second interlock bus bar while covering a fastening portion between the first power bus bar and the second power bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Yoon, Sang Chan Jeong, Hyong Joon Park
  • Patent number: 11419230
    Abstract: An electrical unit may include an electrical unit housing having a first housing member, a second housing member, and/or a third housing member; a circuit board that may be disposed at least partially in the electrical unit housing; a fastener that may be disposed at least partially in the first housing member, the second housing member, the third housing member, and/or the circuit board; and/or a bushing that may be disposed at least partially in the first housing member, the second housing member, and/or the circuit board. The fastener may be disposed at least partially in the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher J. Darr
  • Patent number: 11376969
    Abstract: A bus bar assembly installed in a frame for fixing a plurality of stacked battery cells is provided. The bus bar assembly may include: a bus bar fixed to the frame; a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the bus bar and configured to sense the plurality of battery cells; and a connection terminal having a protrusion formed on one surface of the connection terminal, is the protrusion being configured to pass through the flexible printed circuit board so as to be electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit board, and the connection terminal configured to be electrically connected to the bus bar through the opposite surface of the one surface, the opposite surface being bonded to the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Yura Corporation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheon Hyo Lee, Kwang Ouk Sa, Ji Eun Kang, Seung Jun Noh
  • Patent number: 11318898
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a frame and a cassette block. The frame has a side wall, the frame having a first opening and a second opening provided at two ends of the side wall. The cassette block is to be attached to the frame from the first opening along a first direction and electric wires are drawn out along a second direction when the cassette block is attached to the frame, the first direction being a direction toward the second opening from the first opening, the second direction being another direction toward the first opening from the second opening. The cassette block has a jig engagement portion configured such that a jig inserted into the cassette block from a side of the second opening engages with the jig engagement portion and the cassette block is drawn into the frame by the jig moving in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitake Aruga, Kuninori Suzuki, Norio Watanabe, Ken Iseki, Masahito Aoki, Yuya Azeyanagi
  • Patent number: 11303045
    Abstract: A method for producing a current conducting device, a junction box for a vehicle battery, and a motor vehicle having a corresponding junction box. In the method, multiple busbars are positioned in a predetermined location in relation to one another and then enclosed using an electrically insulating plastic cladding. In this case, a respective opening of the plastic cladding is left open in a respective connection region, in each of which at least two of the busbars meet one another. The busbars are then welded to one another in a respective region of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Stefan Duensbier, Stefan Hackner
  • Patent number: 11222493
    Abstract: A delivery system includes a vehicle configured to deliver a package placed in a case that is lockable-unlockable; a storage unit configured to store key information of the case; a receiving unit configured to receive information about a delivery status of the package; and a control unit configured to change a process according to the delivery status of the package, the process performed for the key information of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Kaneko, Masato Endo, Daiki Kaneichi, Shinji Sassa, Takahiro Shiga, Yohei Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 11189857
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of battery, and particularly to a battery module. The battery module includes a case body having a cavity, a plurality of battery units accommodated in the cavity of the case body, an output electrode assembly disposed on the case body and electrically connected to output terminals of the plurality of battery units, and an end cap connected to the case body and arranged to press and cover at least a part of the output electrode assembly. The battery module according to the present disclosure has a sound design, through which the airtightness of the output electrode assembly is not liable to be broken during the running of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhi Wang, Lin Ma, Feng Qin, Liangyi Wang, Liangmei Chen, Xiaofan Wang
  • Patent number: 10988090
    Abstract: A wire harness system having a wire harness and a connection unit is provided. The connection unit includes a circuit network configuring a part of circuit lines for realizing selectively added specification in the wire harness. Selection circuit lines of an optional sub-harness branched from the trunk line of the wire harness are connected to the circuit network of the connection unit. Thus, connection or disconnection between the selection circuit lines and switching of connection among branches or the like of the selection circuit lines can be easily realized by changing the circuit network of the connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Watanabe, Naoyuki Yoshida, Shouya Shinogaya
  • Patent number: 10971714
    Abstract: A pre-assembled electrical connection unit for a battery pack includes a bus bar defining a hole, and a cage defines a cavity. The unit also includes a fastener disposed in the cavity and the cage surrounds the fastener. The cage is secured to the bus bar, and the fastener is positioned in the hole and the cavity in an initial position. The fastener is movable to a final position relative to the cage which positions the fastener deeper in the hole of the bus bar. The unit is positioned relative to the battery pack, and the battery pack includes a module terminal. The module terminal includes a terminal nut that is accessible during an assembly process. The unit is placed over the terminal nut during the assembly process such that the fastener aligns with the terminal nut and secures the bus bar to the module terminal in the final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Adam J. Tallman, Zachary S. Mendla, Holly C. Schwarzwalder, Charanjit S. Chawa
  • Patent number: 10971853
    Abstract: A bus bar holding structure includes a resin block main body, a first bus bar having a protruding portion, and a second bus bar. The resin block main body includes a bus bar assembling portion having a groove portion. The first bus bar and the second bus bar are accommodated in the bus bar assembling portion such that first side portions of the first bus bar and the second bus bar are located on a bottom side of the groove portion and second side portions of the first bus bar and the second bus bar are located on an opening side of the groove portion. The second bus bar is sandwiched between the second bus bar and a bottom of the groove portion when the first bus bar and the second bus bar are accommodated in the bus bar assembling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Takaaki Kakimi
  • Patent number: 10938271
    Abstract: A motor includes a rotor including a shaft that extends axially, a stator that surrounds the radial outer side of the rotor and includes coils defined by windings of coil wires, a holder with through-holes that is axially above the stator for insertion of the coil wires therethrough and extends axially, and a substrate that is axially above the holder and includes an electronic component mounted thereon. Only some of the coil wires with the same phase are inserted into each of the through-holes, and the through-holes are separate holes provided to different phases of the coil wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hattori, Takahiro Kizu, Toshiya Okamoto, Yuichi Nishikawa, Yoshiaki Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10886678
    Abstract: A ground connection structure for an electrical connection box and a fixation object, includes a first ground contact portion provided on the fixation object, a second ground contact portion provided on the electrical connection box and electrically connected to the first ground contact portion when the electrical connection box is fixed to the fixation object, a ground circuit body provided in the electrical connection box and electrically connected to the second ground contact portion, and a fixing member configured to fix the electrical connection box to the fixation object such that the second ground contact portion is brought into contact with the first ground contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yoshida, Jin Watanabe, Shouya Shinogaya
  • Patent number: 10848042
    Abstract: A brushless electric motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a core defining a plurality of stator teeth, a first end cap proximate a first end of the core, a second end cap proximate a second end of the core, and a plurality of coils disposed on the respective stator teeth. The stator also includes a plurality of coil contact plates overmolded within one of the first end cap or the second end cap that short-circuit diagonally opposite coils on the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew T. Beyerl, Keith Boulanger, Matthew R. Bailey, Carl B. Westerby
  • Patent number: 10840178
    Abstract: Each of busbars includes a bottom surface and a top surface. A holding member is made of resin and is formed integrally with the busbars. The bottom surface of each of the busbars includes exposed regions which are exposed downwards from the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Shuichi Sato, Tetsunori Tsumuraya
  • Patent number: 10821921
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide an electronic control device with which it is possible to improve the flow of hot water, during molding, between openings through which connectors penetrate, in a case of an electronic control device, the size of which has increased as a result of an increase in the level of functionality of the electronic control device, while suppressing deformation of said case. There are at least three connectors. At least three openings through which the connectors are inserted are provided in one plane in a case. A printed circuit board is housed inside the case, and the connectors are electrically connected thereto. The third opening is disposed between the first opening and the second opening. The third opening is disposed in a position furthest from a center C of a plane, in the longitudinal direction of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Shigyo, Masaru Kamoshida
  • Patent number: 10825633
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit board arrangement for electrical separation of leads, comprising a fuse board configured to hold an electrical fuse, wherein the fuse board has electrical leads and openings formed between adjacent electrical leads; and comprising an insulating member configured to receive the fuse board, wherein the insulating member has separators, wherein the separators are configured to insert into the openings and electrically separate the leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Bury, Thomas Salomon, Hennig Stoffels-Korndorf
  • Patent number: 10820432
    Abstract: A board unit includes a circuit board, a case for accommodating the circuit board and a bus bar electrically connected to the circuit board. A power supply terminal connects a lead-out portion of the bus bar and a connection terminal of an electrical wire. A cover covers the power supply terminal, and has a side wall overlapping the outer side of a side surface of a peripheral wall portion of the case. A stepped surface against which a lower end surface of the side wall of the cover abuts is formed in the side surface of the peripheral wall portion of the case. An engagement protruding portion is provided in the peripheral wall portion and the side wall of the cover. An engagement recessed portion engages the engagement protruding portion. A tool-insertion recessed portion releases the engagement protruding portion from the engagement recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuuichi Hattori
  • Patent number: 10811922
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator including a stator core and coils, and neutral point bus bars disposed on a first side of the coils in an axial direction. The plural coils include a first coil group of a first control system, and a second coil group of a second control system. The neutral point bus bars include a first neutral point bus bar to which the coils of the first coil group are electrically connected, and a second neutral point bus bar to which the coils of the second coil group are connected. At least two of the neutral point bus bars are disposed at positions that overlap each other in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Nidec Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Iga, Shunsuke Murakami, Hidehiro Haga
  • Patent number: 10727617
    Abstract: An electrical cable arrangement comprises a dimensionally stable flat conductor bar with a flat conductor shield; at least one electric cable connected thereto and having a cable shield; and a shield housing made of an aluminum material and having a first housing part and a second housing part. Between the housing parts a closed accommodating chamber is formed for a connecting section between the flat conductor bar and the cable. When in the installed state, the flat conductor bar and the cable are each clamped tight between the housing parts by an end face section in such a manner that the flat conductor shield and the cable shield are directly or indirectly interconnected for the shield transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: LISA DRAEXLMAIER Gmbh
    Inventor: Wolfgang Wimmer
  • Patent number: 10673296
    Abstract: Provided is a feeding body, for a rotary electric machine, capable of preventing short between a feeding body and a stator or the like caused by vibration or the like. A feeding body, for a rotary electric machine such as a motor and generator, includes: a power supply main body including a conductor such as copper; a terminal portion formed at one end of the power supply main body; and a protection portion made from a resin material molded to a connection part connected with the terminal portion on the power supply main body, wherein the protection portion includes a protrusion protruding toward a stator of the rotary electric machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Asahi, Yusuke Osumi
  • Patent number: 10651639
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical junction box including a relief terminal portion having a structure in which the relief terminal portion can be constituted with a small number of parts and high space efficiency. The electrical junction box includes: a box body; and a power supply distribution bus bar that is disposed in the box body and includes a power supply input terminal portion and power supply branch terminal portions that are connected by a plate-shaped conducting portion. The relief terminal portion is constituted by at least a portion of the plate-shaped conducting portion of the power supply distribution bus bar being disposed in a state of protruding from the outer surface of the box body and exposed to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Shiraki
  • Patent number: 10608301
    Abstract: Methods and systems for creating a battery module. A battery cell can include a cooling device that cools a busbar and a power electronics package. To allow the cooling device to be attached to the busbar and allow the cooling device to cool both the power electronics and the busbar, the cooling device is mounted on the busbar with the busbar held between two portions of the cooling device and with the power electronics mounted on an opposite side of the cooling device from the busbar. The fluid or phase change material may then circulate through a cavity in the cooling device to cool both the power electronics and the busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NIO USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam H. Ing, Alexander J. Smith, Brittany M. Repac
  • Patent number: 10608385
    Abstract: A connector structure installed in the electric vehicle includes a plurality of connectors, an inter-connector conductive member configured to electrically connect the plurality of connectors, and a connector casing configured to house the inter-connector conductive member. A cover is attached to the unused connector of the plurality of connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miharu Kiyuna, Yusuke Ozaki, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Ayumu Uno, Yasuhisa Kume, Makoto Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10553836
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case receiving the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to the case and defining a terminal hole; a first electrode terminal at the cap plate; a second electrode terminal at the cap plate; a first current collecting tab electrically connecting the electrode assembly to the first electrode terminal; and a second current collecting tab electrically connecting the electrode assembly to the second electrode terminal, wherein at least one of the first electrode terminal or the second electrode terminal protrudes outside the cap plate as a rivet terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Young Lee, Myung-Jae Jang, Sang-Won Byun
  • Patent number: 10555428
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a board unit including a circuit board, a connector portion mounted on the circuit board, and a case housing the circuit board. The case includes a lower case having an upper opening; an upper cover covers the upper opening, and an opening portion is formed in a side wall of the case, through which the connector portion extends inside and outside the side wall. The upper cover includes an inner circumferential surface that forms at least a portion of the opening portion and a predetermined gap with an outer circumferential surface of the connector portion. A groove portion is formed continuously along the inner circumferential surface, is open in the inner circumferential surface and is in communication with the gap. A size of the gap and a size of the groove portion are configured to form a water film by water droplets entering the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Ikeda, Munsoku O
  • Patent number: 10461517
    Abstract: An electrically insulating protection box for an electric installation includes at least one electric busbar, the protection box including at least two casings wherein each casing includes inside surfaces intended to surround at least a part of the busbar at a junction zone, at least 50% of the area of said inside surfaces being in direct contact with an electrically conducting element of the junction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Thierry Vignes, Pascal Lepretre
  • Patent number: 10447017
    Abstract: An electric storage device includes an electric storage module, a bracket, an electric junction box, and a wire harness. The electric storage module includes electric storage components. The electric storage module includes an end surface and peripheral surfaces perpendicular to the end surface. The bracket is mounted to the electric storage module and includes a first surface opposed to the end surface of the electric storage module and a second surface opposite from the first surface. The electric junction box is mounted to the bracket to be opposed to the second surface of the bracket with a gap between the electric junction box and the second surface of the bracket. The wire harness is connected to the electric storage module and disposed in a section of the gap in which the end surface of the electric storage module is opposed to the electric junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouya Okamoto, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda, Hiroki Itaya, Eiji Koike
  • Patent number: 10438432
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transferring transport goods from a sender (13) to a recipient (19) by means of a delivery agent, wherein the sender (13) places the transport goods into a lockable transport container (11), wherein the transport container (11) is locked by means of an electronic lock and a first electronic signal or a first code, wherein the locked transport container (11) is delivered to the recipient (19) by the delivery agent, wherein the electronic lock is opened by means of a second electronic signal or a second code in order for the recipient to remove the transport goods, said method providing increased flexibility, improved utilization of means of transport, and increased security.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SES SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Serle Espig
  • Patent number: 10431924
    Abstract: A bus bar terminal includes an electrode connection portion that connects electrode terminals of power storage elements to each other, and a wire connection portion that is to be connected to an electrical wire, and guide portions are provided between the electrode connection portion and the wire connection portion, the guide portions guiding adhered liquid so as to fall to a position separated from the wire connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Shinichi Takase, Hiroki Shimoda
  • Patent number: 10433423
    Abstract: A method of this invention is for manufacturing a circuit board in which terminal fittings and electronic components are provided on a first surface of a main substrate that has the first surface and a second surface, a sub substrate that has a first surface and a second surface is arranged on the second surface side of the main substrate, and the sub substrate and the main substrate are connected by relay terminals. The main substrate and the sub substrate are formed in advance in a state of being connected in the same plane. During the method, the main and sub substrate are initially physical connected, at which time electrical components are attached to at least the main substrate. After physically separating the main and sub substrates, they are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Sakita
  • Patent number: 10421225
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an assembly with a housing part and at least two conductors of shape sheet metal parts may include providing at least one first conductor formed from at least one sheet metal part and at least one second conductor formed from at least one sheet metal part. The method may then include arranging the first and second conductors in an injection mold in such a way that the first conductor may come into mechanical contact with the second conductor in a common contact zone to produce an electrical connection. The method may then include at least partially overmolding the first and second conductors with a plastic to form a joint housing part. The method may further include bonding the first and second conductors in a region of the common contact zone after at least partially overmolding the first and second conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Van Eickels, Peer Niekamp
  • Patent number: 10411316
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack for a vehicle including an approximately rectangular pack case, a plurality of flat box-shaped battery modules, a cooling unit, and a junction box for storing a relay, in which: the plurality of battery modules is piled up flat in the pack case so that a terminal provided on a short side of each battery module is directed in a longitudinal direction of the pack case; the cooling unit is disposed at one end of the pack case in the longitudinal direction and configured to send and circulate cooling air in the pack case along an outer periphery of the pack case; and the junction box is disposed in a most downstream side of the circulating cooling air beside the cooling unit in a width direction of the pack case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ENVISION AESC JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Hayashi, Qiye Yang, Toshifumi Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10394398
    Abstract: A wiring body includes an adhesive layer, a first conductor layer disposed on the adhesive layer including a first terminal portion, a resin layer covering the first conductor layer except for at least the first terminal portion, and a second conductor layer disposed on the resin layer including a second terminal portion. The first terminal portion and the second terminal portion are shifted from each other along a thickness direction of the adhesive layer. The first terminal portion protrudes towards a side separated from the adhesive layer in the thickness direction. In a case where the first terminal portion is projected in a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, at least a part of a projection portion of the first terminal portion overlaps with the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Takaharu Hondo, Takeshi Shiojiri
  • Patent number: 10268167
    Abstract: The device for managing electrical consumption includes includes a plurality of connectors capable of each receiving a link to an electrical current line, and able to form input connectors and output connectors, a processing circuit for managing the electrical consumption on the electrical current lines to which it is connected, linked to at least one of the input connectors and to at least one of the output connectors, and includes a printed circuit which receives electronic components, a housing able to be installed in a low-voltage electrical installation board, exhibiting two opposite ends and at least one opening along each end, and accommodating the plurality of connectors along the opposite ends of the housing, and the processing circuit between the opposite ends, at least some of the openings remaining partially free when the connectors receive an electrical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Voltalis
    Inventors: Florian Delizy, Hugues Lefebvre de Saint Germain, Jean-Marc Oury, Bruno Heintz
  • Patent number: 10251268
    Abstract: A circuit structure is provided to which an electronic component can be easily mounted (electrical connection of terminals). A circuit structure that includes a substrate provided with a conductive pattern on one face, a conductive member fixed to another face of the substrate, and an electronic component that has first terminals and, which are a portion of a plurality of terminals, electrically connected to the conductive member, and a terminal, which is a portion of the plurality of terminals, electrically connected to the conductive pattern provided on the substrate, wherein the conductive member has a shape in which at least a portion of the second terminal of the electronic component is not overlapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Arinobu Nakamura, Tou Chin
  • Patent number: 10243426
    Abstract: A motor includes a bus bar assembly including a bus bar, a wiring member, and a bus bar holder. The bus bar holder includes a main body portion, a bottom portion, and a first circuit board support portion. The wiring member includes a circuit board connection terminal electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board connection terminal includes a contact portion connected to the circuit board, and applies force to the circuit board through the contact portion. The first circuit board support portion is disposed at a region of the bottom portion to define a side at which the circuit board connection terminal is located when viewed from one direction. The first circuit board support portion and the contact portion are located at different positions when viewed from the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiro Haga, Ryusuke Sato, Yosuke Yamada, Yasuaki Nakahara
  • Patent number: 10187977
    Abstract: An adhesive joint system comprises a circuit board with a distal end and a proximal end mounted on a first side via a tongue and groove connection to a housing. An adhesive is positioned at least in the gap surrounding the tongue, and an electrical component mounted to the distal end on a second side of the circuit board that is opposite the first side. The respective coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) of the tongue, adhesive, and the material defining the groove are related, such that as heat is applied to the tongue and groove connection, the adhesive is compressed within the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Igor Markovsky, Michael Nikkhoo, Andriy Pletenetskyy, Erin Hurbi
  • Patent number: 10164417
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly that includes: a circuit board that has a connection opening; a plurality of busbars that are laid on one surface side of the circuit board; a coil that includes a main portion and a plurality of lead terminals, the lead terminals being connected to the plurality of busbars exposed through the connection opening; and a heatsink that is laid, via an adhesive agent, on surfaces of the plurality of busbars that face away from the circuit board. The circuit board is provided with a substrate through-hole in the vicinity of the connection opening, and the plurality of busbars are provided with a busbar through-hole at the position that corresponds to the substrate through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehito Kobayashi, Yoshikazu Sasaki, Shigeki Yamane, Yukinori Kita, Tomohiro Ooi
  • Patent number: 10148074
    Abstract: A junction box assembly configured to provide access to a floor of the bottom cover without having to disconnect the connector assembly is provided. The junction box assembly includes a removable connector support. The connector support is configured to hold a connector assembly. The connector support is removably attached to a bottom cover so as to provide access to a floor of the bottom cover. In one embodiment, the connector support is rotatably attached to a bottom cover of the junction box assembly so as to move between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the closed position a floor of the bottom cover is covered and in the open position the floor is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Maximilian Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10115554
    Abstract: A fuse case and a case cover of a vacuum contactor including a truck, a main circuit unit, and a front cover covering a front side of the main circuit unit include a fuse connected to an upper terminal of the main circuit unit and blowing, when a fault current is generated in a circuit, to break the circuit, a fuse case opened in an upper side, accommodating the fuse, and having an insertion coupling part formed on a side surface thereof, and a case cover coupled to an upper side of the fuse case, coupled to the insertion coupling part in an insertion coupling manner, and covering a rear end portion of the fuse, wherein the case cover includes an upper surface portion and side surface portions, and the side surface portions include a first side surface portion and a second side surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byeongsun Sim
  • Patent number: 10091882
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit structure using a printed-circuit board with a novel structure that can provide a plurality of types of circuit specifications by switching connection of circuit patterns, allows circuit specifications to be easily identified, and achieves excellent connection workability and connection stability for circuit patterns. The circuit structure includes: a printed-circuit board 18 on which a plurality of circuit patterns are provided; and a circuit switching component, wherein the circuit switching component includes bus bar support bases on which any connection bus bars selected can be mounted and held, the plurality of types of connection bus bars are classified according to the number and the position of lead portions to be electrically connected to connection points, and a plurality of types of circuit specifications are provided by changing a mounting mode of the connection bus bars to the bus bar support bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Okumura, Akihiro Oda, Tatsuya Daidoji, Ryoma Hamada, Noriko Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9981618
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical junction box configured promptly release the electrical junction box from a state where water has intruded therein, thereby preventing the occurrence of a vehicle fire due to submersion. An internal circuit includes a high-voltage circuit bus bar and a low-voltage circuit bus bar having a lower potential than the high-voltage circuit bus bar, and a lower case includes a bottom wall and a peripheral wall protruding from a peripheral edge portion of the bottom wall toward an upper case. A high-voltage circuit region where the high-voltage circuit bus bar is disposed, a low-voltage circuit region where the low-voltage circuit bus bar is disposed, and a dividing wall divides these regions are provided inside the peripheral wall, and a height dimension of the dividing wall from the bottom wall is configured to be greater than a height dimension of the peripheral wall from the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyofumi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 9942977
    Abstract: A heatsink-less electronic unit includes a metal coreless electronic substrate, a heatsink-less microcomputer and various semiconductor relays. The heatsink-less microcomputer and the various semiconductor relays are mounted on the metal coreless electronic substrate. The heatsink-less microcomputer is arranged on the metal coreless electronic substrate. Among the various semiconductor relays, the one which may reach the highest temperature is separated at a longest distance from a location where the heatsink-less microcomputer is arranged, and the various semiconductor relays are arranged separately from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Suzuki