Housing element, electric line arrangement, and production method therefor
AssigneeLisa Draexlmaier GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Wimmer, Thomas Stöckl
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Abstract
A housing element for attachment to an electric flat conductor rail. The housing element includes a flat conductor socket extending in a first direction, and a plug connector flange extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction, and including an interior contact part receptacle. The plug connector flange is further separated from the flat conductor socket by a wall. A passage opening connects the flat conductor socket to the contact-part receptacle. The present disclosure further relates to an electric line arrangement including such a housing element and to a production method therefor.
Claims20
A housing element comprising:
- a flat conductor rail socket extending in a first direction, the flat conductor rail socket configured to accommodate a flat conductor rail passing through and out of the flat conductor rail socket;
- a plug connector flange extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction and including an interior contact part receptacle;
- a wall separating the flat conductor rail socket and the plug connector flange;
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- a passage opening located in the wall and connecting the flat conductor rail socket to the contact part receptacle, wherein the passage opening is configured to receive an electrical contact part passing through the passage opening and extending between the flat conductor rail socket and the contact part receptacle.
An electric line arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
- a dimensionally-stable flat conductor rail configured as a ground wire or supply conductor;
- a housing element including:
- a flat conductor rail socket extending along a first direction and circumferentially gripping the flat conductor rail, the flat conductor rail socket configured to accommodate a flat conductor rail passing through and out of the socket;
- a plug connector flange extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction and including an interior contact part receptacle;
- a wall separating the flat conductor rail socket and the plug connector flange;
- a passage opening, located in the wall and connecting the flat conductor rail socket to the contact part receptacle;
- an electrical contact part connected to the flat conductor rail and extending between the flat conductor rail socket and the contact part receptacle;
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- a housing cap connected to the housing element via a hinge portion on a side of the flat conductor rail socket facing away from the contact part receptacle in the second direction.
A method for producing an electric line arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
- attaching an electrical contact part to a dimensionally-stable flat conductor rail;
- furnishing a housing element including:
- a flat conductor rail socket extending in a first direction, the flat conductor rail socket configured to accommodate a flat conductor rail passing through and out of the socket;
- a plug connector flange extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction and including an interior contact part receptacle;
- a wall separating the flat conductor rail socket and the plug connector flange;
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- a passage opening located in the wall and connecting the flat conductor rail socket to the contact part receptacle;
- passing a free end of the contact part through the passage opening;
- positioning the housing element on the flat conductor rail in such a way that the flat conductor rail is at least partially circumferentially gripped by the housing element;
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- positioning a housing cap on the housing element in such way that at least some portion of the flat conductor rail is between the housing cap and the housing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.