Protective device for a high-voltage cable, high-voltage cable, high-voltage on-board power supply and motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12112910-B2
Application number	US-202217689512-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2022
Priority date	Mar 25, 2021
Publication date	Oct 8, 2024
Grant date	Oct 8, 2024

Abstract

A protective device to be integrated into a high-voltage cable of a high-voltage on-board power supply includes a cut-out for interrupting at least one electrical conductor of the high-voltage cable in a fault scenario, a shielding element for forming a cable shield with a shielding conductor of the high-voltage cable, and a housing to be arranged between two high-voltage-cable sections of the high-voltage cable. In the housing, the cut-out and the shielding element are arranged, and the housing has contacts for connecting the cut-out to conductor sections of the at least one conductor and for connecting the shielding element to shielding-conductor sections of the shielding conductor. At least a part of the housing is capable of being non-destructively detached from the high-voltage-cable sections, in order to enable an exchange of at least the cut-out in the case of a defect of the cut-out.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A protective device to be integrated into a high-voltage cable of a high-voltage on-board power supply, comprising:
a cut-out for interrupting at least one electrical conductor of the high-voltage cable in a fault scenario;
a shielding element for forming a cable shield with a shielding conductor of the high-voltage cable; and
a housing to be arranged between two high-voltage-cable sections of the high-voltage cable, in which housing the cut-out and the shielding element are arranged and which has contacts for connecting the cut-out to conductor sections of the at least one conductor and for connecting the shielding element to shielding-conductor sections of the shielding conductor, wherein
at least a part of the housing is capable of being non-destructively detached from the high-voltage-cable sections in order to enable an exchange of at least the cut-out in the case of a defect of the cut-out.

2. The protective device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the cut-out takes the form of at least one fusible cut-out and/or at least one temperature-controlled bimetallic switch.

3. The protective device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the housing comprises a lower housing part and an upper housing part,
the lower housing part, in which the cut-out and the shielding element are arranged, is fastened to the high-voltage-cable sections, and
the upper housing part is fastened to the lower housing part in a non-destructively detachable manner in order to open the housing for an exchange of the cut-out.

4. The protective device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
the upper housing part is fastened to the lower housing part via a snap-action connection.

5. The protective device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
the upper housing part and the lower housing part have guide elements corresponding to one another for joining the upper housing part and the lower housing part together.

6. The protective device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the contacts are grommet conduits in a housing wall of the housing, and
the shielding-conductor sections and the conductor sections are capable of being routed through the conduits and capable of being electrically connected to the shielding element and to the cut-out.

7. The protective device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the protective device has plug-connection elements which are electrically connected to the cut-out and are capable of being electrically connected to corresponding plug-connection elements of the conductor sections.

8. The protective device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the protective device has screw-terminal-type connecting elements which each have a terminal block, which is electrically connected to the shielding element, and a terminal screw for connecting the shielding-conductor sections of the high-voltage cable to the terminal block.

9. A high-voltage cable for a high-voltage on-board power supply, comprising:
at least one electrical conductor;
a shielding conductor; and
at least one protective device, the protective device being arranged between two high-voltage-cable sections which each have a conductor section and a shielding-conductor section,
wherein the protective device comprises:
a cut-out for interrupting the at least one electrical conductor of the high-voltage cable in a fault scenario;
a shielding element for forming a cable shield with the shielding conductor of the high-voltage cable; and
a housing to be arranged between the two high-voltage-cable sections of the high-voltage cable, in which housing the cut-out and the shielding element are arranged and which has contacts for connecting the cut-out to conductor sections of the at least one conductor and for connecting the shielding element to shielding-conductor sections of the shielding conductor, wherein
at least a part of the housing is capable of being non-destructively detached from the high-voltage-cable sections in order to enable an exchange of at least the cut-out in the case of a defect of the cut-out.

10. The high-voltage cable as claimed in claim 9 , wherein
the high-voltage cable is configured to be ready to connect and has at least one plug connector for electrically connecting the high-voltage cable to at least one high-voltage component of the high-voltage on-board power supply.

11. A high-voltage on-board power supply for a motor vehicle, comprising:
at least two high-voltage components; and
at least one high-voltage cable as claimed in claim 9 , which electrically connects the at least two high-voltage components.

12. A motor vehicle comprising a high-voltage on-board power supply as claimed in claim 11 .

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Kronenberger Thomas
• Nies Benedikt

Classifications

• H01H85/055

  Fusible members · CPC title

• H01H37/52

  actuated due to deflection of bimetallic element · CPC title

• B60R16/03

  for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems {or for (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00)} · CPC title

• H01B9/02

  with screens or conductive layers, e.g. for avoiding large potential gradients · CPC title

• H05K9/0098

  for shielding electrical cables · CPC title