Electrical connection assembly, method of electrically connecting a conductor of a cable with a metallic textile

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11133607-B2
Application number	US-202016863448-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2020
Priority date	Apr 30, 2019
Publication date	Sep 28, 2021
Grant date	Sep 28, 2021

Abstract

An electrical connection assembly includes a cable having a conductor, a metallic textile in electrical contact with the conductor, and a crimp element creating a pressure between the conductor and the metallic textile.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connection assembly, comprising:
a cable having a conductor;
a metallic textile in electrical contact with the conductor;
a crimp element creating a pressure between the conductor and the metallic textile; and
an insulating textile located between the crimp element and the metallic textile, a plurality of conductors and a plurality of heating threads are woven into the insulating textile and connected to the metallic textile.

2. The electrical connection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the metallic textile and the insulating textile are part of an electrical element.

3. The electrical connection assembly of claim 2 , wherein the metallic textile and the insulating textile are part of a contact section of the electrical element.

4. The electrical connection assembly of claim 3 , wherein the contact section includes a pair of contact areas, one contact area for a ground connector and one contact area for a voltage connection.

5. The electrical connection assembly of claim 2 , wherein the electrical element is an electrical heating element and includes a heating section electrically connected to the metallic textile.

6. The electrical connection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the insulating textile is mechanically interconnected with the metallic textile.

7. The electrical connection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the crimp element surrounds the conductor and/or the metallic textile.

8. The electrical connection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the crimp element has a crimp section with a pair of crimp flanks attached to a base, the crimp section defines a volume in which the electrical conductor, the metallic textile, and the insulating textile are disposed.

9. The electrical connection assembly of claim 1 , wherein the metallic textile, the insulating textile, and the cable all protrude to a same side away from the crimp element.

10. A method of electrically connecting a conductor of a cable with a metallic textile, comprising:
providing a crimp element;
providing an insulating textile between the crimp element and the metallic textile, the metallic textile is located on and mechanically interconnected with the insulating textile;
cutting a plurality of slits into the insulating textile to form an end part of the metallic textile that is movable; and
crimping the crimp element to press the conductor and the metallic textile into electrical contact.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising inserting the metallic textile and the conductor into a receptacle of the crimp element prior to crimping.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising joining the conductor with the metallic textile prior to inserting the metallic textile and the conductor into the receptacle.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising bending the end part into a cylindrical shape and inserting the conductor into the cylindrical shape prior to crimping.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the insulating textile forms an outer side of the cylindrical shape of the end part.

Assignees

• Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh
• Tyco Electronics Belgium Ec Bv
• Tyco Electronics Ltd Uk
• Te Connectivity India Private Ltd
• Te Connectivity Corp

Inventors

• Muth Christopher
• Nickel Jens
• Van Cauwenberge Jan
• Shettar Vinayakumar
• Marsh John
• Myer John Mark

Classifications

• H01R4/70

  Insulation of connections (end caps H01R4/22) · CPC title

• H01R4/185

  combined with a U-shaped insulation-receiving portion · CPC title

• H01B7/083

  Parallel wires, incorporated in a fabric · CPC title

• H05B3/345

  knitted fabrics · CPC title

• H01R4/184 Primary

  comprising a U-shaped wire-receiving portion · CPC title