IP Library Granted Patent US 10,454,260
Granted Patent B2
US 10,454,260 · App. 16/153,914 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Electrical connector assembly

Inventors: Olaf Patz (Wohltorf, DE); Tomasz Slizowski (Cracow, PL)
Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
H02G3/16B60R16/0215B60R16/0238H01R13/502H01R13/58H01R13/6581H02G15/10H01R4/28H01R11/09H01R13/6592H01R2201/26H02G3/086
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Patent No.
US 10,454,260
App. No.
16/153,914
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical junction box, preferably configured for use in electrical or hybrid vehicles, includes a junction box housing and a bus bar element located inside the junction box housing. The junction box housing has a first opening for receiving end portions of electrical cables. The bus bar element comprises connecting means configured to connect ferrules, provided at the wire end portions of the electrical cables. The junction box housing is made of a plastic material and the bus bar element is made of metal.

Claims (29)

1. An electrical junction box, comprising:

a junction box housing; and

an electrical bus bar element located inside the junction box housing,

wherein the junction box housing comprises openings configured to receive end portions of three electrical coaxial cables having braided shielding surrounding a central conductor,

wherein the electrical bus bar element comprises semicircular wings configured to be formed to at least partly surround ferrules provided at the end portions of electrical cables to establish electrical connection, thereby electrically interconnecting the braided shielding of the three electrical cables,

wherein the junction box housing is made of electrically conductive plastic and the electrical bus bar element is made of metal,

wherein the electrical bus bar element is designed to carry a current of at least 40 Ampere.

2. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the junction box housing has an elongated shape, wherein a first opening of the openings is located at a first end of the junction box housing, and wherein a second opening of the openings is located on a second end of the junction box housing.

3. The electrical junction box according to claim 2 , wherein the connecting means are located adjacent to the first opening and to the second opening inside the junction box housing.

4. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical bus bar element comprises an elongated body and wherein the connecting means are arranged at ends of the elongated body.

5. The electrical junction box according to claim 4 , wherein the elongated body is Y-shaped and wherein the connecting means are arranged at the ends of the elongated body, whereby two connecting means are arranged on one end of the elongated body and whereby one connecting means is arranged at an opposite end of the elongated body.

6. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical bus bar element is made from a sheet metal.

7. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical bus bar element is made of a sheet metal that provides mechanical flexibility.

8. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical bus bar element is made of steel.

9. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the junction box housing comprises two half-shells defining the junction box housing, said two half-shells separably arranged around the electrical bus bar element.

10. An electrical wire harness, comprising:

three electrical cables; and

the electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the three electrical cables comprise the ferrules provided at wire end portions of the three electrical cables, thereby electrically connecting a shielding braid

and wherein the wire end portions protrude through openings inside the junction box housing.

11. A method of manufacturing an electrical wire harness, comprising the steps of:

providing three electrical cables, ferrules, and an electrical junction box comprising a junction box housing and an electrical bus bar element located inside the junction box housing,

wherein the junction box housing comprises openings configured to receive end portions of three electrical coaxial cables having braided shielding surrounding a central conductor,

wherein the electrical bus bar element comprises semicircular wings configured to be formed to at least partly surround ferrules provided at the end portions of electrical cables to establish electrical connection, thereby electrically interconnecting the braided shielding of the three electrical cables,

wherein the junction box housing is made of electrically conductive plastic and the electrical bus bar element is made of metal,

wherein the electrical bus bar element is designed to carry a current of at least 40 Ampere;

opening the junction box housing;

adjusting wire end portions in relation to the electrical bus bar element in a position that the ferrules are mountable to the wings;

connecting the ferrules to the wings; and

closing the junction box housing.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2026
From: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
To: APTIV MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SERVICES GMBH
Reel/Frame 075493/0823 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2024
From: APTIV MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SERVICES S.À R.L.
To: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
Reel/Frame 066551/0219 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 11, 2024
From: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES (2) S.À R.L.
To: APTIV MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SERVICES S.À R.L.
Reel/Frame 066566/0173 →
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Feb 11, 2024
From: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES (2) S.À R.L.
Reel/Frame 066746/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2020
From: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 052044/0428 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2018
From: PATZ, OLAF; SLIZOWSKI, TOMASZ
To: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 047386/0665 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17195502 · Oct 9, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190109447A1 · Apr 11, 2019