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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2022
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc., Inukami-gun, JP;
Takahisa Kakudo, Inukami-gun, JP;
Shinichi Hamasaki, Inukami-gun, JP;
Rodrigo Kendy Yamashita, Inukami-gun, JP;
Yoji Tajiri, Inukami-gun, JP;
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., Inukami-gun, JP;
Abstract
A lead block includes a lead block body and a plurality of busbars. The plurality of busbars is each partially embedded in the lead block body. The plurality of busbars includes a plurality of exposed portions. The plurality of exposed portions each extends in a longitudinal direction and disposed spaced apart from one another in an arrangement direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. The plurality of exposed portions includes at least one first exposed portion. The at least one first exposed portion includes a first surface and a first additional surface disposed on a reverse side of the first surface in the arrangement direction. The first surface includes a first cut surface having an area smaller than an area of the first surface. The first additional surface includes a first additional cut surface having an area smaller than an area of the first additional surface.