IP Library Granted Patent US 11,128,085
Granted Patent B2
US 11,128,085 · App. 16/713,294 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Sealing system for electrical equipment

Inventors: Cédric Ledieu (Mont Saint Eloi, FR); Jean-Claude Labrosse (Charenton le Pont, FR)
Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
H01R13/5205H02G15/013H02K5/22H05K5/069H02K5/10
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Patent No.
US 11,128,085
App. No.
16/713,294
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The subject matter of the present invention is a sealing system configured to form a leak tight electrical connection on a face of an electrical equipment, said sealing system including: a base, comprising a first plate, comprising a through orifice of which the edge is continually comprised in a face of said first plate, a plug comprising a second plate comprising at least one through hole, configured for the passage of at least one electric wire, and a part projecting from said plate suited to being inserted into the orifice, a face of the second plate coming against a face of the first plate, said plug having a flexibility greater than the flexibility of the base, such that the difference in flexibility ensures a constraining of the second plate on the first plate, in such a way as to ensure the sealing of the electrical equipment.

Claims (27)

1. A sealing system configured to form a leak tight electrical connection on a face of an electrical equipment, said sealing system comprising:

a base, comprising a first plate, said first plate comprising a first side configured to contact the electrical equipment, a second side opposite the first side, and a through orifice extending from the first side to the second side, all the edge of the through orifice being continually comprised in a face of said first plate,

a plug comprising a second plate comprising at least one through hole, configured to enable the passage of at least one electric wire, and a part projecting from said plate of the plug, said projecting part being configured to be inserted into the orifice of the base, a face of the second plate of the plug coming against a face of the second side of the first plate of the base,

said plug having a flexibility greater than the flexibility of the base, such that when the sealing system is positioned on a face of the electrical equipment with the first side of the base contacting the electrical equipment and during the supporting of the plate of the plug on the plate of the base with the plate of the plug contacting the second side of the plate of the base, the difference in flexibility ensures a constraining of the second plate of the plug on the first plate of the base to ensure a compression of the second plate of the plug contributing to the sealing of the electrical equipment.

2. The sealing system according to claim 1 , in which said base and said plug are independent parts.

3. The sealing system according to claim 2 , in which said projecting part of the plug is configured to be forcibly mounted in the orifice of the base.

4. The sealing system according to claim 1 , in which the base and the plug constitute a single block and are integral with each other.

5. The sealing system according to claim 1 , in which the base and the plug form an independent assembly configured to be transferred onto a frame of the electrical equipment.

6. An electrical equipment comprising a sealing system according to claim 1 , said sealing system forming a leak tight electrical connection on a face of said electrical equipment.

7. The electrical equipment according to claim 6 , comprising a cover transferred onto said face of the electrical equipment so as to close at least in part said electrical equipment, a portion of said cover abutting on said second plate of the plug at least against a closed line describing the periphery of said second plate of the plug.

8. The electrical equipment according to claim 7 , in which said cover includes a through opening, of which the edges come continually at least against said closed line describing the periphery of said second plate of the plug to surround said at least one hole of the second plate of the plug.

9. The electrical equipment according to claim 6 , comprising a bearing forming a part of the frame of said electrical equipment, said bearing having a first housing containing said sealing system.

10. The electrical equipment according to claim 9 , in which the base is a part different from the bearing and is transferred into the first housing.

11. The electrical equipment according to claim 10 , in which a peripheral wall of said first housing has a notch extending from an opening of the first housing through which the plug is received in said first housing, said notch being configured to enable the passage of the at least one electric wire to the inside of the electrical equipment during a mounting of the plug in said first housing.

12. The electrical equipment according to claim 9 , comprising a sealing system according to claim 1 , in which the base is integral with the bearing or is produced in one piece with the bearing.

13. The electrical equipment according to claim 12 , in which the base is comprised in a bottom of the first housing receiving the plug.

14. The electrical equipment according to claim 9 , comprising a sealing system according to claim 4 .

15. The sealing system according to claim 2 , in which the base and the plug form an independent assembly configured to be transferred onto a frame of the electrical equipment.

16. The sealing system according to claim 3 , in which the base and the plug form an independent assembly configured to be transferred onto a frame of the electrical equipment.

17. The sealing system according to claim 4 , in which the base and the plug form an independent assembly configured to be transferred onto a frame of the electrical equipment.

18. The electrical equipment according to claim 7 , comprising a bearing forming a part of the frame of said electrical equipment, said bearing having a first housing containing said sealing system.

19. The electrical equipment according to claim 8 , comprising a bearing forming a part of the frame of said electrical equipment, said bearing having a first housing containing said sealing system.

20. A method for sealing an electrical equipment according to claim 9 , said method being configured to seal a cavity arranged in a bearing forming a part of the frame of said electrical equipment, the method comprising the steps:

of insertion of the projecting part of the plug into the orifice of the base,

of insertion of each cable of the bundle of cables into a hole of the plug,

of insertion of the assembly comprising the plug, the base and the bundle of cables into the first housing of the bearing,

of fixing the cover on the bearing such that the edges of the through opening of the cover are supported on the second plate of the plug.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2026
From: VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH; VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH; SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE EPOWERTRAIN SYSTEMS GMBH; BLITZ E16-802 GMBH
To: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
Reel/Frame 076028/0968 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2020
From: LEDIEU, CÉDRIC; LABROSSE, JEAN-CLAUDE
To: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 052092/0761 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1872974 · Dec 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200194927A1 · Jun 18, 2020