Conductive connection assembly, method for manufacturing the same and kit for a body comprising carbon fibre-reinforced material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9859630-B2
Application number	US-201314371705-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	Jan 13, 2012
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

The invention relates to a conductive connection assembly ( 5 ), a method for manufacturing the same and a kit for a body ( 23 ) comprising carbon fibre-reinforced material, e.g. for a vehicle comprising a carbon fibre-reinforced body ( 23 ), with an electrical structural network for conducting electric discharges. The conductive connection assembly ( 5 ) includes a conductive interconnection element ( 1 ) with a conductive braid material (B). Furthermore, a kit is provided, the kit including at least two conductive connection assemblies ( 5 ) that are provided with differently shaped interconnection elements ( 1 ). Finally, a method that comprises the step of reshaping longitudinal ends ( 3, 4 ) of a braid material (B) is provided according to the invention.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A conductive connection assembly for connecting conductor segments of an electrical structural network of a body to other conductive elements of the body, the conductive connection assembly being adapted to conduct electric discharges and comprising a conductive interconnection element with a conductive section, wherein the conductive section is formed by a hollow cylindrical braid material with two longitudinal ends, the longitudinal ends being consolidated to have a rigid plate-like form wherein the longitudinal ends are prepositioned at an angle to each other.

2. The conductive connection assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive connection assembly comprises at least one lug for interconnecting the conductive interconnection element and a conductor segment of the network, the lug being affixed to one of the longitudinal ends by a weld connection.

3. A conductive connection assembly for connecting conductor segments of an electrical structural network of a body to other conductive elements of the body, the conductive connection assembly being adapted to conduct electric discharges and comprising a conductive interconnection element with a conductive section, wherein the conductive section is formed by a hollow cylindrical braid material with two longitudinal ends, the longitudinal ends being consolidated to have a rigid plate-like form, wherein the conductive connection assembly comprises at least one lug for interconnecting the conductive interconnection element and a conductor segment of the network, the lug being affixed to one of the longitudinal ends by a weld connection, and wherein the lug is formed with an affixing end for being affixed to one of the longitudinal ends, the affixing end being formed with an affixing opening for at least sectionwise receiving one of the longitudinal ends.

4. A conductive connection assembly for connecting conductor segments of an electrical structural network of a body to other conductive elements of the body, the conductive connection assembly being adapted to conduct electric discharges and comprising a conductive interconnection element with a conductive section, wherein the conductive section is formed by a hollow cylindrical braid material with two longitudinal ends, the longitudinal ends being consolidated to have a rigid plate-like form, the conductive connection assembly comprises an insulation material that completely covers the conductive interconnection element, wherein the conductive connection assembly comprises at least one lug for interconnecting the conductive interconnection element and a conductor segment of the network, the lug being affixed to one of the longitudinal ends by a weld connection, and wherein the at least one lug comprises an interconnection lug for interconnecting the conductive interconnection element and a conductor segment of an electrical structural network of body.

5. The conductive connection assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the insulation material covers the lug at its affixing end at least sectionwise.

6. A conductive connection assembly for connecting conductor segments of an electrical structural network of a body to other conductive elements of the body, the conductive connection assembly being adapted to conduct electric discharges and comprising a conductive interconnection element with a conductive section, wherein the conductive connection assembly comprises an insulation material, wherein the conductive section is formed by a hollow cylindrical braid material with two longitudinal ends, the longitudinal ends being consolidated to have a rigid plate-like form, wherein at least the conductive interconnection element is covered by a sealing material, and wherein the sealing material is a sealing adhesive, the sealing adhesive being arranged between the insulation material and the conductive interconnection element.

7. The conductive connection assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive connection assembly comprises at least one conductor segment for the network, the conductor segment being connected to the conductive interconnection element in an electrically conductive manner.

8. A kit, comprised of at least two conductive connection assemblies, each conductive connection assembly for connecting conductor segments of an electrical structural network of a body to other conductive elements of the body, the conductive connection assemblies being adapted to conduct electric discharges and each comprising a conductive interconnection element with a conductive section, wherein the conductive section is formed by a hollow cylindrical braid material with two longitudinal ends, the longitudinal ends being consolidated to have a rigid plate-like form, wherein the conductive interconnection element of one of the conductive interconnection assemblies is different in length or its longitudinal ends are differently arranged with respect to each other compared to the conductive interconnection element of another one of the conductive interconnection element assemblies.

9. The kit according to claim 8 , comprised by at least one conductor segment of an electrical structural network of a body, the at least one conductor segment and at least one of the conductive interconnection element assemblies being adapted to be electrically conductively affixed to each other.

10. A method for manufacturing a conductive connection assembly for connecting conductor segments of an electrical structural network of a body to other conductive elements of the body, the conductive connection assembly being capable of conducting electric discharges, wherein the method comprises the step of reshaping longitudinal ends of a hollow cylindrical braid material into a dimensionally stable plate-like form, wherein the step of reshaping the longitudinal ends is accomplished by a consolidating process.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprised by the step of selecting an angular distance between the reshaped longitudinal ends before reshaping them.

12. The conductive connection assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the lug further comprises an adapter lug coupled to the interconnection lug.

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Ltd Uk

Inventors

• Macnaughton Roy
• Stubbs Matthew

Classifications

• H01R11/11

  End pieces or tapping pieces for wires, supported by the wire and for facilitating electrical connection to some other wire, terminal or conductive member (H01R11/01 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R4/64 Primary

  Connections between or with conductive parts having primarily a non-electric function, e.g. frame, casing, rail · CPC title

• H01R11/01 Primary

  characterised by the form or arrangement of the conductive interconnection between the connecting locations · CPC title

• H01R4/06

  Riveted connections (by explosion H01R4/08) · CPC title