Resistance measurement tool
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid Charles Weber, Mark Milton Mahoney, Jonathan Strachan
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Abstract
A tool to measure resistance of a wire harness is disclosed herein. An example disclosed tool includes a connector with first and second plugs. The example disclosed tool also includes a resistor. A first terminal of the resistor is electrically coupled to the first plug. Additionally, the example disclosed tool includes a thermal switch attached to the resistor with a thermally conductive adhesive. A first terminal of the thermal switch is electrically coupled to a second terminal of the resistor, and a second terminal of the thermal switch is electrically coupled to the second plug.
Claims22
A tool for measuring resistance of a wire harness comprising;
- a connector having first and second plugs;
- a resistor electrically coupled to the first plug;
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- a thermal switch electrically coupled between the resistor and the second plug, wherein a node between the resistor and the thermal switch is only shared by the resistor and the thermal switch.
A resistance measurement tool comprising;
- a connector having first and second plugs;
- a resistor having a first terminal electrically coupled to the first plug, the resistor to generate heat when the resistance measurement tool is connected to a vehicle power bus;
- a first switch having a first terminal electrically coupled to a second terminal of the resistor;
- thermally conductive adhesive between the first switch and the resistor that attaches the first switch directly to the resistor;
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- a second switch attached to the resistor, a first terminal of the second switch electrically coupled to a second terminal of the first switch, a second terminal of the second switch electrically connected to the second plug, wherein a node between the resistor and the second switch is only shared by the resistor and the second switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.