Cable connectors of an electrical module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9318817-B2
Application number	US-201414316457-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2014
Priority date	Jun 26, 2013
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A device for mechanical and electrical connection of line wires in a cable to line connectors in an electrical assembly for a motor vehicle, wherein each line wire of the cable is connected to one line connector of the electrical assembly in such a manner that a form-locking unit, comprising a contact stud and a contact socket, is mechanically attached to the respective line connector via the contact stud, and furthermore, the respective line wire is mechanically attached to the contact stud of the form-locking unit, specifically providing an electrical contact between the line wire, the contact socket, and the line connector.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for mechanically and electrically connecting a line wire of a cable with a line connector in an electrical assembly for a motor vehicle, the device comprising:
a form-locking unit comprising a contact stud and a contact socket, the form-locking unit capable of being mechanically attached to the line connector via the contact stud, such that when the line wire connector is mechanically attached to the contact stud the line wire is electrically connected between the contact socket and the line connector;
wherein the contact stud is formed in a recess in the contact socket; and
wherein a form-locking connection of the contact stud and the contact socket is configured to prevent rotation between the contact stud and the contact socket.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact stud is mechanically attached to a nut that provides an electrical connection to a line connector end, and the device further comprising a busbar clamped between the contact socket and the nut for the line connector.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact stud is installed in a form-locking manner in the contact socket by via a locking pin passing through the contact stud and the contact socket.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact stud is installed in the contact socket in a form-locking manner via a geometric profiling of the contact stud and the contact socket.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the line wire is mechanically attached to the contact stud via a wire shoe.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the line wire is mechanically attached to the contact stud by a screw, wherein the screw engages with a thread in a counter-thread at a distal end of the contact stud, wherein the nut of the line connector is mechanically attached to a proximal end of the contact stud.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact socket in the form-locking unit is placed in an insulating bushing, wherein the contact socket is installed in a form-locking manner with respect to the insulating bushing via a geometric profiling.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical assembly is an electric machine integrated in a transmission for a hybrid drive of the motor vehicle.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical assembly is a power electronics unit for an electric machine in a hybrid drive for the motor vehicle.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical assembly is an electric energy storage unit for a hybrid drive in the motor vehicle.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the contact sockets of the form-locking unit are placed in an insulating bushing, wherein the insulating bushing is sealed off from the contact socket, and the contact socket is sealed off from the contact stud.

12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the insulating bushing is placed in a recess in a housing of the electrical assembly, and wherein the insulating bushing is sealed off from the housing.

Assignees

• Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen

Inventors

• Hildebrand Rainer
• Reichert Heinz

Classifications

• H01R4/34 Primary

  Conductive members located under head of screw · CPC title