EP2701247B1 - Barre omnibus et procédé de production d'une barre omnibus - Google Patents

Barre omnibus et procédé de production d'une barre omnibus Download PDF

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EP2701247B1
EP2701247B1 EP12181349.7A EP12181349A EP2701247B1 EP 2701247 B1 EP2701247 B1 EP 2701247B1 EP 12181349 A EP12181349 A EP 12181349A EP 2701247 B1 EP2701247 B1 EP 2701247B1
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Alexander Weiss
Bert Colpaert
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TE Connectivity Belgium BV
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R43/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors
    • H01R43/16—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending

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  • a bus bar is a strip of conductive material, for example a metal, that conducts electricity within an electrical apparatus.
  • Bus bars are for example used in anti-lock breaking system (ABS) modules for automobile safety.
  • US 2007/0246241 A1 describes a bus plate with a plurality of darts that are laterally aligned and laterally spaced from each other.
  • a crack is arranged in the bus bar between the first position and the second position.
  • this allows the material of the bus bar to protrude in the areas of the welding bumps such that the welding bumps can be arranged directly adjacent to each other.
  • the first welding spot protrudes between 0.3 mm and 0.5 mm above the first surface.
  • this allows the first welding spot to be welded reliably on an electric contact.
  • the first welding bump comprises an elongate shape.
  • this increases the usable surface of the first welding bump, allowing to compensate for tolerances in the fabrication and alignment of the bus bar and electric components welded on said bus bar.
  • the bus bar comprises a copper-tin alloy.
  • a copper-tin alloy comprises high-electric conductance and is well-suited for resistance welding.
  • a method for producing a bus bar comprises steps of providing a metal comprising bus bar with a first surface and a second surface, for stamping a first welding bump and a second welding bump into the bus bar, wherein the first welding bump is stamped at a first position of the bus bar and the second welding bar is stamped at a second position of the bus bar.
  • the first welding bump protrudes above the first surface and the second welding bump protrudes above the second surface.
  • the first welding bump and the second welding bump are stamped simultaneously.
  • stamping the first welding bump and the second welding bump simultaneously provides reproducible control over the behaviour of the material of the bus bar in an area between the first position and the second position.
  • a hole is created in the bus bar between the first position and the second position before stamping the welding bumps.
  • creating a hole between the first position and the second position supports a controlled creation of a crack in the bus bar between the first position and the second position whilst stamping the welding bumps.
  • this prevents an uncontrolled tearing of the material of the bus bar between the first position and the second position of the bus bar at a later point in time.
  • the hole is drilled, punched or stamped into the bus bar.
  • these techniques of creating the hole provide simple and reliable ways of creating the hole in the bus bar.
  • the first welding bump is resistance welded on a contact leg.
  • this allows the bus bar to be electrically connected to the contact leg.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a bus bar 100.
  • the bus bar 100 serves to conduct electricity within an electrical apparatus.
  • the bus bar 100 may for example be used in an anti-lock breaking system (ABS) module.
  • ABS anti-lock breaking system
  • the bus bar 100 comprises an electrically conductive material, for example a metal.
  • the bus bar 100 may for example comprise a copper-tin alloy or another alloy.
  • the bus bar 100 comprises the shape of a flat-strip with a first surface 101 and a second surface 102. Between the first surface 101 and the second surface 102 the bus bar 100 comprises a thickness 103.
  • the thickness 103 may for example be about 5 mm.
  • the bus bar 100 comprises a first welding bump 110 and a second welding bump 120.
  • the first welding bump 110 is arranged at a first position 111 of the bus bar 100.
  • the second welding bump 120 is arranged at a second position 121 of the bus bar 100.
  • the first welding bump 110 and the second welding bump 120 each comprise an elongate shape arranged in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the bus bar 100.
  • the first position 111 and the second position 121 are arranged directly adjacent to each other along the longitudinal direction of the bus bar 100.
  • a crack 130 is arranged in the bus bar 100.
  • the crack 130 is an opening in the material of the bus bar 100 and was formed in a controlled manner at the same time that the first welding bump 110 and the second welding bump 120 were formed.
  • the metal bus bar 100 is provided without welding bumps 110, 120 as shown in the top-view of Figure 2 .
  • the bus bar 100 is provided as an elongate strip of a metal with the first position 111 designated for creation of the first welding bump 110 and the second position 121 designated for creation of the second welding bump 120.
  • a hole 132 may be drilled in the intermediate area 131 between the first position 111 and the second position 121.
  • the hole 132 may also be created otherwise in the intermediate area 131.
  • the hole 132 may be punched or stamped in the intermediate area 131.
  • the hole 132 supports a controlled formation of the crack 130. Creation of the hole 131 may, however, be omitted.
  • Figure 3 schematically shows the creation of the first welding bump 110 and the second welding bump 120.
  • Figure 3 depicts a side-view of the bus bar 100.
  • a first plunger 150 is pressed against the second surface 102 in a first direction 151 at the first position 111 of the bus bar 100.
  • a second plunger 160 presses against the first surface 101 in a second direction 161 at the second position 121 of the bus bar 100.
  • the first plunger 150 thus stamps the first welding bump 110.
  • the second plunger 160 simultaneously stamps the second welding bump 120.
  • the crack 130 is formed in the intermediate area 131 in a controlled manner.
  • Figure 4 shows a sectional view of the bus bar 100 after stamping the first welding bump 110 with the first plunger 150 and the second welding bump 120 with the second plunger 160.
  • the bus bar 100 is sliced along line AA shown in Figure 2 .
  • the first welding bump 110 has been created.
  • the second welding bump 120 has been created at the second position 121.
  • the crack 130 has been created in the intermediate area 131 between the first position 111 and the second position 121 by tearing of the material of the bus bar 100.
  • the creation of the crack 131 may have been supported by the hole 132 drilled, punched, stamped or created otherwise into the bus bar 100 in the intermediate area 131 before stamping the welding bumps 110, 120.
  • the crack 130 may have been created without a preceeding formation of the hole 132.
  • the first welding bump 110 protrudes over the first surface 101 of the bus bar 100 by a first height 112.
  • the second welding bump 120 protrudes over the second surface 102 of the bus bar 100 by a second height 122.
  • the first height 112 and the second height 122 may for example be between 0.3 mm and 0.5 mm, in particular about 0.4 mm.
  • Figure 5 shows a side-view of the bus bar 100 with the first welding bump 110 protruding over the first surface 101 and the second welding bump 120 protruding over the second surface 102.
  • Figure 6 shows a top-view of the bus bar 100 with the first welding bump 110 at the first position 111, the second welding bump 120 at the second position 121 and the crack 130 in the intermediate area 131 between the first position 111 and the second position 121.
  • Figure 7 summarises the method for producing the bus bar 100 in a schematic flow-diagram 200.
  • a first step 210 the metal bus bar 100 is provided without welding bumps 110, 120.
  • the hole 132 is drilled in the intermediate area 131 between the first position 111 and the second position 121 of the bus bar 100.
  • the first welding bump 110 is stamped at the first position 111.
  • the second welding bump 120 is stamped at the second position 121. Stamping of the welding bumps 110, 120 creates the crack 130 in the intermediate area 131 at the same time.
  • the first welding bump 110 is resistance welded onto the contact leg 140.
  • the second welding bump 120 is resistance welded on a further electric conductor.

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Claims (9)

  1. Barre omnibus (100),
    la barre omnibus (100) comprenant une première surface (101) et une deuxième surface (102),
    la barre omnibus (100) comprenant un métal,
    la barre omnibus (100) comprenant une première bosse de soudure (110) à une première position (111) de la barre omnibus (100) et une deuxième bosse de soudure (120) à une deuxième position (121) de la barre omnibus (100),
    caractérisée en ce que
    la première bosse de soudure (110) fait saillie au-dessus de la première surface (101) et la deuxième bosse de soudure (120) fait saillie au-dessus de la deuxième surface (102),
    la première position (111) et la deuxième position (121) étant directement adjacentes l'une à l'autre,
    une fissure (130) étant disposée dans la barre omnibus (100) entre la première position (111) et la deuxième position (121).
  2. Barre omnibus (100) selon la revendication 1,
    dans laquelle le premier point de soudure fait saillie entre 0,3 mm et 0,5 mm au-dessus de la première surface (101).
  3. Barre omnibus (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    dans laquelle la première bosse de soudure (110) comprend une forme allongée.
  4. Barre omnibus (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    dans laquelle la première bosse de soudure (110) et la deuxième bosse de soudure (120) sont symétriques par rapport à un point.
  5. Barre omnibus (100) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    la barre omnibus (100) comprenant un alliage cuivre-étain.
  6. Procédé de production d'une barre omnibus (100), le procédé comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - se procurer une barre omnibus comprenant un métal (100) avec une première surface (101) et une deuxième surface (102) ;
    - estamper une première bosse de soudure (110) et une deuxième bosse de soudure (120) dans la barre omnibus (100),
    la première bosse de soudure (110) étant estampée à une première position (111) de la barre omnibus (100) et la deuxième bosse de soudure (120) étant estampée à une deuxième position (121) de la barre omnibus (100),
    caractérisé en ce que la première bosse de soudure (110) fait saillie au-dessus de la première surface (101) et la deuxième bosse de soudure (120) fait saillie au-dessus de la deuxième surface (102),
    la première bosse de soudure (110) et la deuxième bosse de soudure (120) étant estampées simultanément,
    la première position (111) et la deuxième position (121) étant directement adjacentes l'une à l'autre,
    une fissure (130) étant créée dans la barre omnibus (100) entre la première position (111) et la deuxième position (121) pendant l'estampage des bosses de soudure (110, 120).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6,
    dans lequel un trou (132) est créé dans la barre omnibus (100) entre la première position (111) et la deuxième position (121) avant l'estampage des bosses de soudure (110, 120).
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7,
    dans lequel le trou (132) est percé, poinçonné ou estampé dans la barre omnibus (100).
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8,
    dans lequel la première bosse de soudure (110) est soudée par résistance sur une patte de contact (140).
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