TERMINAL CONNECTOR, AND BATTERY ASSEMBLY USING TERMINAL CONNECTOR

• Main Author: TASHIRO ISAO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 19.03.2020
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES ORLIGHT-SENSITIVE DEVICES, OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE; CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRICITY; LINE CONNECTORS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

To provide a terminal connector that can be easily mounted by simply pushing the terminal connector without using a jig with a relatively small force, and a battery assembly in which electrode terminals of adjacent batteries are connected to each other using the terminal connector.SOLUTION: Electrode terminals of adjacent batteries are connected to each other to form a battery assembly. A terminal connector includes a plate-shaped first conductive member having at least two through holes, and a second conductive member attached to the first conductive member to form a terminal insertion hole having a smaller diameter than the through hole. A terminal insertion hole is defined by a set of free ends of a plurality of strips elastically supported in a cantilever shape, and the plurality of strips are thinner than the plate thickness of a first conductive body.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】治具を使用せずに単に押し込むだけで、また、比較的小さな力で、容易に装着することができる端子連結具、及び、この端子連結具を用いて相隣り合う電池の電極端子を互いに連結した電池の集合体を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】相隣り合う電池の電極端子を互いに連結して電池の集合体を形成する。少なくとも２個の貫通孔を有する板状の第１導電性部材と、第１導電性部材に取り付けられて貫通孔より小さな径の端子挿通孔を形成する第２導電性部材と、を備える。端子挿通孔は、片持ち梁状に弾性支持された複数の条片の自由端の集合によって規定され、複数の条片は、第１導電性本体の板厚よりも薄い。【選択図】図１