US Patent 8003894 Soldering nest for a bus bar

A soldering nest provided in a bus bar, having an aperture for the introduction of a terminal lead (40) to be soldered thereinto, and the introduction of the terminal lead may be effected from a first surface plane of the bus bar (10) and soldering may be effected from a second, opposite surface plane of the bus bar (10). The aperture is formed by a conical bore (20) which is perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to the surface plane of the bus bar (10) and whose cone angle is at least 30?. The apex of the conical bore (20) is oriented toward the first surface plane of the bus bar (10), and the conical bore (20) terminates in a circular aperture (21) whose diameter is slightly greater than the diameter of the terminal lead (40).