Fastening flat conductor in an electrical assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsGabrielle Elizabeth Moilanen Vuylsteke, David Jeffeory Berels
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Abstract
An electrical assembly that includes a substrate having an aperture. A flat conductor is mounted to the substrate and extends over at least a portion of the aperture, with a ring terminal in contact with the flat conductor adjacent to the aperture. A lead wire connects to the ring terminal and is spaced from the substrate, and a fastener extends through the ring terminal and flat conductor, secured in the aperture, and securing the ring terminal against the flat conductor.
Claims10
An electrical assembly comprising:
- a substrate having an aperture;
- a flat conductor mounted to the substrate and extending over at least a portion of the aperture;
- a ring terminal in contact with the flat conductor adjacent to the aperture;
- a round lead wire connected to the ring terminal;
- a fastener extending through the ring terminal and flat conductor, secured in the aperture, and securing the ring terminal against the flat conductor, wherein the fastener is made of an electrically conducting material and an electrically non-conducting material is located in the aperture between the fastener and an electrically conducting portion of the substrate;
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- wherein an anchor, which is electrically insulative, is mounted in the aperture and the fastener extends into a cavity in the anchor, and wherein an outer surface of the anchor is a truncated conical shape.
An electrical assembly comprising:
- a substrate having an aperture;
- a flat conductor mounted to the substrate;
- a terminal in contact with the flat conductor adjacent to the aperture;
- a round lead wire connected to the terminal;
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- a fastener secured in the aperture, securing the terminal against the flat conductor, wherein the fastener is made of an electrically non-conducting material;
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- wherein an anchor, which is electrically insulative, is mounted in the aperture and the fastener extends into a cavity in the anchor, and wherein an outer surface of the anchor is a truncated conical shape.
An electrical assembly comprising:
- a substrate having an aperture;
- a flat conductor mounted to the substrate and extending over at least a portion of the aperture;
- a ring terminal in contact with the flat conductor adjacent to the aperture;
- a round lead wire connected to the ring terminal;
- a fastener extending through the ring terminal and flat conductor, secured in the aperture, and securing the ring terminal against the flat conductor, wherein the fastener is made of an electrically conducting material and an electrically non-conducting material is located in the aperture between the fastener and an electrically conducting portion of the substrate;
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- wherein an anchor, which is electrically insulative, is mounted in the aperture and the fastener extends into a cavity in the anchor, and wherein an outer surface of the anchor is shaped as back-to-back truncated conical shapes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.