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Motor having busbar arrangement
11757239 · 2023-09-12 · ·

Provided is a motor having a stator including a coil connected to a busbar assembly, a rotor disposed inside the stator; and a shaft coupled to the rotor, wherein the busbar assembly includes a busbar body and a plurality of terminals coupled to the busbar body, each terminal including a body and electrodes, the busbar body having an inner radius and an outer radius; and wherein the electrodes of the plurality of the terminals are located on different circular tracks between the inner radius and the outer radius, wherein the terminal body has a belt shape, and the electrodes are formed in a hook shape by bending the opposite end portions of the terminal body along an extending direction of the terminal body. Thus, an advantageous effect is provided in that a manufacturing cost may be reduced by significantly reducing an amount of generated scrap.

Power feeder device with increased creepage path between adjacent terminal pairs

A power feeder device can include a base having a mounting portion and a plurality of connector structures extending from the mounting portion and spaced apart relative to each other to form a respective gap therebetween. Each connector structure can be configured to receive a respective pair of terminals to electrically connect the respective pair of terminals within connector structures and to block a line of sight between adjacent pairs of terminals. The device can also include a cover configured to mate with the base to enclose each of the plurality of connector structures and to increase a length of a creepage path between each pair of terminals by at least partially inserting into each gap between the connector structures. The base and the cover can be configured to form a terminal opening on each lateral side when assembled to allow pass-through of a conductor and/or portion of each terminal.

Electrical junction block utilizing a pivotable connector
11641083 · 2023-05-02 ·

An electrical system for use in a raceway includes a power cable and a junction block. The junction block includes junction block halves configured to form opposing halves of the junction block, a plurality of bus bars arranged within a bus bar cavity, and a hinged connector arranged on a face of a first of the junction block halves. The junction block halves are coupled to define a bus bar cavity within the junction block. Each of the bus bars are electrically coupled to a conductor of the power cable. The hinged connector is arranged opposite a second junction block half such that a portion of the hinged connector is rotatable about an axis that is parallel to a face of the first junction block half. The power cable is coupled to the junction block via the hinged connector.

Power electronics assembly having a gate drive device disposed between a plurality of transistors

Methods, apparatuses and systems to provide for technology to that includes a plurality of transistors including first transistors and second transistors. The first transistors are disposed opposite the second transistors in a lateral direction with a first space between the first transistors and the second transistors in the lateral direction. A gate driver is electrically connected to the plurality of transistors to operate the plurality of transistors. The gate driver has a first portion disposed between the first transistors and the second transistors in the first space.

Relay connector and busbar
11658446 · 2023-05-23 · ·

A relay connector connects a plurality of front female terminals that are fitted from a front side in a front-rear direction and a plurality of rear female terminals that are fitted from a rear side in the front-rear direction together. The relay connector includes a housing and a busbar. The housing includes a front insertion recess portion, a rear insertion recess portion, an intermediate wall portion, and a busbar holding portion disposed at the intermediate wall portion. The busbar includes a base portion, a rear tab, an extension portion extending from the base portion to the same side in an up-down direction, and a front tab extending from an extension end of the extension portion to the front-insertion-recess-portion side. The rear tab includes a rear held portion adjacent to the base portion and a rear male terminal portion housed in the rear insertion recess portion. The front tab includes a front held portion adjacent to the extension end of the extension portion and a front male terminal portion housed in the front insertion recess portion. The busbar holding portion includes a first holding portion that holds the rear held portion of the rear tab, a second holding portion that holds the front held portion of the front tab, and a third holding portion that holds the extension portion.

Rail lighting arrangement with coupling unit
11815250 · 2023-11-14 · ·

A rail lighting arrangement includes a rail, an additional component such as, for instance, a lighting module and a coupling unit. The rail has an inner region and a web that is provided with an opening. A conductor device is provided. The coupling unit is configured to be received by the rail and electrically connect to the conductor device. The coupling unit has a contacting section that is configured to be received in or pass through the opening in the web.

ELECTRICAL POWER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
20230361509 · 2023-11-09 ·

A spacer for maintaining one or more wires during a molding process, the spacer having an external frame, and a plurality of spring curved leaves. Each spring curved leaf has a fixed end attached to an inner face of the external frame and a free end. The free ends of the plurality of spring curved leaves are arranged to flexibly wrap the one or more wires.

ELECTRICAL BUS BAR ASSEMBLY
20230344209 · 2023-10-26 ·

An electrical bus bar assembly includes a first bus bar segment, a second bus bar segment separated from the first bus bar segment, and a first plurality of bearings formed of an electrically conductive material and in electrical contact with the first bus bar segment and the second bus bar segment. The first plurality of bearings is configured to allow the first bus bar segment to move relative to the second bus bar segment. A method of manufacturing such an electrical bus bar assembly is also provided.

CONNECTORS FOR SMART WINDOWS
20220316270 · 2022-10-06 ·

This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity.

Interconnection device for an electric machine

An interconnection device for an electric machine, in particular for an electric machine for a motor vehicle, is provided for interconnecting shaped-bar ends of a winding, in particular of a stator winding. The interconnection device has an interconnection element, which has one or more openings for the insertion of at least one shaped-bar end, wherein the one or more openings each have an insertion section and a contact-making section adjoining the insertion section, which sections are designed such that the at least one shaped-bar end can be inserted into the insertion section and, in the case of a relative movement between the opening and the inserted shaped-bar end, the inserted shaped-bar end reaches the contact-making section and the spacing between the at least one shaped-bar end and a contact is reduced by way of being guiding through the contact-making section.