IP Library Granted Patent US 10,530,076
Granted Patent B2
US 10,530,076 · App. 16/352,898 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Cable lug with defined crash behavior and arrangement of a cable lug

Inventors: Patrick Behns (Rühen, DE); Jens Wolschner (Gifhorn, DE)
Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
H01R11/12H01R4/185H01R11/26H01R2201/26
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Patent No.
US 10,530,076
App. No.
16/352,898
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cable shoe having a predetermined breaking location and an arrangement of a cable shoe connected to a cable-shoe end of a cable.

Claims (13)

1. An arrangement comprising:

a cable shoe connected to a cable-shoe end of a cable in an assembled state and arranged on a contact part in a use position, so rotation is prevented in relation to a Z axis by a fastening connection, wherein the Z axis runs transversely to a longitudinal axis of the cable shoe,

wherein other end of the cable is connected to another part at a point of attachment,

wherein the cable shoe defines a predetermined breaking location arranged between a rotation-prevention element and a fastening element, wherein the fastening element of the cable shoe is fastened on the contact part by the fastening connection in the use position of the cable shoe and the rotation-prevention element of the cable shoe engages in a depression of the contact part to prevent rotation of the cable shoe arranged in the use position such that application of a tensile force of the cable via the cable shoe end along a length of the cable resulting from a movement of the contact part and of the other another part relative to one another, causes the cable shoe to break along the predetermined breaking location, and

wherein the tensile force is exerted on that end of the cable shoe at which the cable-shoe end of the cable is connected to the cable shoe.

2. A cable shoe comprising:

a rotation-prevention element and a fastening element joined to the rotation-prevention element, wherein the cable shoe defines a predetermined breaking location arranged between the rotation-prevention element and the fastening element, wherein the fastening element of the cable shoe is fastened on a contact part when the cable shoe is in a use position, and the rotation-prevention element of the cable shoe engages in a depression of the contact part to prevent rotation of the cable shoe arranged in the use position such that application of a tensile force along a cable attached to the rotation-prevention element of the cable shoe causes the cable shoe to break along the predetermined breaking location, wherein the cable is connected to the cable shoe at a first cable end and connected to another part at a second cable end, wherein the tensile force results from a movement of the contact part and of the another part relative to one another, and wherein the tensile force is exerted along a length of the cable.

3. The cable shoe of claim 2 , wherein the predetermined breaking location is a cutout and/or material weakening.

4. The cable shoe of claim 2 , wherein the predetermined breaking location is arranged between the rotation-prevention element and the fastening element along a longitudinal axis extending along a length of the cable shoe.

5. The cable shoe of claim 4 , wherein a material-stabilizing element is formed about a first end of the rotation-prevention element along the longitudinal axis, the first end being disposed opposite a second end of the rotation-prevention element and the second end being proximate to the predetermined breaking location, and wherein a fastening connection is provided in the fastening element.

6. The cable shoe of claim 2 , wherein a predetermined breaking line of the predetermined breaking location runs along a Y axis, which is arranged transversely to the longitudinal axis of the cable shoe.

7. The cable shoe of claim 6 , wherein the cutout of the predetermined breaking location is a groove, and the groove merges into the predetermined breaking line of the predetermined breaking location in alignment with the Y axis.

8. The cable shoe of claim 3 , wherein the cutout of the predetermined breaking location is a groove.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2019
From: BEHNS, PATRICK; WOLSCHNER, JENS
To: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 048805/0592 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 203 922 · Mar 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190288415A1 · Sep 19, 2019