Electric device with wiring guide element

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10951086-B2
Application number	US-201815968892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 2, 2018
Priority date	May 4, 2017
Publication date	Mar 16, 2021
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021

Abstract

An electric device comprises an internal wiring and a housing. The housing includes a base and a cover. The base has a wiring guide member and a terminal area in which the internal wiring is connected to an outside electric conductor. The cover has a trough section into which the terminal area at least partly extends. The trough section has a trough wall which abuts the base to form a sealing surface. The wiring guide member supports the internal wiring at a position spaced apart from the sealing surface and opposite the trough wall and the internal wiring extends over the trough wall and into the trough section to the terminal area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric device, comprising:
an internal wiring; and
a housing including
a base having a wiring guide member and a terminal area in which the internal wiring is connected to an outside electric conductor; and
a cover having a trough section into which the terminal area at least partly extends, the trough section having a trough wall which abuts the base to form a sealing surface, the internal wiring extending to the wiring guide member along and planar with a surface of the base that forms the sealing surface with the trough wall, the wiring guide member supporting the internal wiring at a position spaced apart from the sealing surface and opposite the trough wall, the internal wiring extending over the trough wall and into the trough section to the terminal area.

2. The electric device of claim 1 , wherein the internal wiring is positioned on the base on a same side of the sealing surface as the cover.

3. The electric device of claim 1 , wherein the wiring guide member is a protrusion extending away from the base toward the cover.

4. The electric device of claim 3 , wherein the wiring guide member projects from a side wall of the base.

5. The electric device of claim 1 , wherein the terminal area protrudes from a main section of the base.

6. The electric device of claim 5 , wherein the internal wiring is disposed between a supporting surface of the wiring guide member and the main section.

7. The electric device of claim 1 , wherein the wiring guide member has a tilted surface oriented at an obtuse angle with respect to the sealing surface.

8. The electric device of claim 1 , wherein the base has a pair of wiring guide members with a gap disposed between the wiring guide members.

9. The electric device of claim 8 , wherein the trough wall is disposed in the gap between the wiring guide members.

10. The electric device of claim 9 , wherein one of the pair of wiring guide members extends into the trough section.

11. The electric device of claim 1 , wherein the base has an auxiliary wiring guide member guiding the internal wiring from the base to the wiring guide member.

12. The electric device of claim 1 , wherein the cover has a pair of trough walls, the trough walls disposed at opposite sides of the terminal area.

13. The electric device of claim 12 , wherein the base has a pair of wiring guide members, each of the wiring guide members supporting the internal wiring at a position spaced apart from the sealing surface and opposite one of the trough walls.

14. The electric device of claim 13 , wherein the base has two pairs of wiring guide members disposed at opposite sides of the terminal area.

15. The electric device of claim 6 , wherein the internal wiring extends from the housing on a cover side of the sealing surface, extends parallel to the trough wall, abuts the supporting surface of the wiring guide member, and extends over the trough wall and through the sealing surface into the terminal area.

16. The electric device of claim 1 , wherein the trough section is filled with a filling medium at least partially embedding the terminal area.

17. The electric device of claim 1 , wherein the wiring guide member supports the internal wiring at a position aligned with the trough wall in a direction perpendicular to the sealing surface.

18. An electric device, comprising:
an internal wiring; and
a housing including
a base having a pair of wiring guide members with a gap disposed between the wiring guide members and a terminal area in which the internal wiring is connected to an outside electric conductor; and
a cover having a trough section into which the terminal area at least partly extends, the trough section having a trough wall which abuts the base to form a sealing surface, the wiring guide members supporting the internal wiring at a position spaced apart from the sealing surface and opposite the trough wall and the internal wiring extending over the trough wall and into the trough section to the terminal area, the trough wall is disposed in the gap between the wiring guide members and one of the pair of wiring guide members extends into the trough section.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Belgium Ec Bv
• Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh

Inventors

• Weiss Alexander
• Van Reybrouck Koen
• Ocket Tom
• Van Nimmen Steven
• Ossieur Pieter-Jan
• Siotto Michael

Classifications

• H02K15/33

  Connecting winding sections; Forming leads; Connecting leads to terminals · CPC title

• H02K5/10

  with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. water or fingers · CPC title

• H02K2203/06

  Machines characterised by the wiring leads, i.e. conducting wires for connecting the winding terminations · CPC title

• H02K3/522

  for generally annular cores with salient poles · CPC title

• H02K5/225 Primary

  Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132) · CPC title