Patent ID: 8094461

Claim:
A printed board comprising: a printed board body including a first side, and a second side opposing the first side; a printed conductor disposed on the first side of the printed board body; a through-hole extending through the printed board body and the printed conductor; and a bus bar disposed on the second side of the printed board body, the bus bar including an electrically conductive terminal that extends through the through-hole, wherein the terminal has a first width at a first portion that is at an interior of the through-hole and includes a plurality of branched terminal portions that extend outside the interior of the through-hole, each branched terminal portion having (i) a second width at a second portion, the second width being smaller than the first width, and (ii) a third width at a third portion that is between the first portion and the second portion, the third width being smaller than the second width, and wherein at least one of the branched terminal portions is bent relative to the other terminal portion or terminal portions, and the at least one of the branched terminal portions is attached to the printed conductor by solder.