Patent ID: 9742236
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H02K

Claim:
1. A terminal for a vehicle traction motor, the terminal comprising: bus bars; an overmold contacting the bus bars; each insulation spacer among insulation spacers disposed between adjacent bus bars among the bus bars; and a terminal mold placed over the bus bars and the insulation spacers, the terminal mold being coupled to an outermost bus bar of the bus bars, wherein a diameter of each bus bar among the bus bars is different from diameters of other bus bars among the bus bars, and a diameter of each insulation spacer among the insulation spacers is different from diameters of other insulations spacers among the insulation spacers, wherein each of the insulation spacers comprises a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a fourth surface, and wherein the first surface is in contact with one of the bus bars, the second surface is in contact with another of the bus bars, the third surface is embedded in a groove of the terminal mold, and the fourth surface is embedded in a groove of the overmold.