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US 12,620,761 · App. 18/261,490 · Granted May 5, 2026

Connection assembly and control device

Inventors: Stefan Heubusch (Buch, DE); Daniel Egger (Bernstadt, DE)
Assignee: AUMOVIO Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
H01R13/6584H01R13/652H01R13/6592H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 12,620,761
App. No.
18/261,490
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal assembly, comprising a terminal connector having a shield, a grounding part, in particular a housing, and a connection device which is arranged in order to capacitively connect the shield and the grounding part, wherein the connection device contacts the shield and the grounding part, and the connection device comprises a first electrically conductive contact and a second insulating contact, wherein one contact contacts the shield and one contact contacts the grounding part.

Claims (20)

1 . A terminal assembly comprising

a terminal connector having a shield;

a grounding part; and

a connection device capacitively connecting the shield and the grounding part, wherein the connection device comprises:

a first electrically conductive contact,

a second insulating contact, and

a spring or a gasket comprising a conductive coating as the first electrically conductive contact;

wherein a first contact of the first electrically conductive contact and the second insulating contact contacts the shield and a second contact of the first electrically conductive contact and the second insulating contact contacts the grounding part, and

wherein the spring or the gasket exerts a spring force on the first contact toward the shield and exerts the spring force on the second contact toward the grounding part thereby securing the connection device against slipping.

2 . The terminal assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connection device one of:

contacts the shield via the first electrically conductive contact and the grounding part via the second insulating contact, and

contacts the grounding part via the first electrically conductive contact and the shield via the second insulating contact.

3 . The terminal assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connection device comprises an insulation pad provided as the second insulating contact.

4 . The terminal assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the insulation pad comprises a first electrically conductive layer provided as the first electrically conductive contact and a second insulating layer provided as the second insulating contact.

5 . The terminal assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connection device comprises a body, wherein the body is electrically conductive and one side of the body is provided as the first contact, and

wherein an insulating surface, film or layer is arranged on the opposite side of the body as the second insulating contact, or is non-electrically conductive and one side of the body is provided as the second contact, and a surface, film or layer is arranged on the opposite side of the body as the first contact.

6 . The terminal assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the body comprises electrically conductive material, and the insulating layer comprises non-electrically conductive material.

7 . The terminal assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the electrically conductive material is metal, and the non-electrically conductive material is plastic.

8 . The terminal assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the electrically conductive material is metal, and the non-electrically conductive material is applied by varnishing.

9 . The terminal assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the spring force is exerted on the first contact toward the shield in a first direction and is exerted on the second contact toward the grounding part in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 5, 2026
From: CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH
To: AUMOVIO AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 075019/0394 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADRESS ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 66273 FRAME 745. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 30, 2024
From: HEUBUSCH, STEFAN; EGGER, DANIEL
To: CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 066783/0363 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2024
From: HEUBUSCH, STEFAN; EGGER, DANIEL
To: CONTINENTAL AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 066273/0745 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 200 309. · Jan 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240405485A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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