Modular backshell housing
AssigneesConnecteurs Electriques Deutsch, Tyco Electronics UK Ltd.
InventorsJean-Luc Moreau, Martin Paul, Ralf Styles
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Abstract
A backshell housing includes a pair of housing parts including a first housing part and a second housing part friction welded to one another. A cable passage of the first housing part is continuous with a cable passage of the second housing part. At least one of the housing parts has a welding protrusion received in a welding notch of the other of the housing parts. The housing parts are friction welded at an interface of the welding protrusion and the welding notch.
Claims19
A backshell housing, comprising:
- a pair of housing parts including a first housing part and a second housing part friction welded to one another, each of the housing parts is formed of a thermoplastic material, a cable passage of the first housing part is continuous with a cable passage of the second housing part, the second housing part has a welding protrusion protruding axially from a front face of a flange of the second housing part, the front face of the flange is wider than the welding protrusion in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the second housing part, the welding protrusion is received in a welding notch of the first housing part, the housing parts are friction welded at an interface of the welding protrusion and the welding notch to form a continuous section of the thermoplastic material at the interface that connects the housing parts.
A set for assembling a backshell housing, comprising:
- a pair of housing parts including a first housing part and a second housing part friction welded to one another, each of the housing parts is formed of a thermoplastic material, a cable passage of the first housing part is continuous with a cable passage of the second housing part, the second housing part has a welding protrusion protruding axially from a front face of a flange of the second housing part, the front face of the flange is wider than the welding protrusion in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the second housing part, the welding protrusion is received in a welding notch of the first housing part, the housing parts are friction welded at an interface of the welding protrusion and the welding notch to form a continuous section of the thermoplastic material at the interface that connects the housing parts.
A method for assembling a backshell housing, comprising:
- providing a pair of housing parts each having a cable passage, each of the housing parts is formed of a thermoplastic material, the housing parts include a first housing part and a second housing part, the second housing part has a welding protrusion protruding axially from a front face of a flange of the second housing part, the front face of the flange is wider than the welding protrusion in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the second housing part, the welding protrusion is received in a welding notch of the first housing part;
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- friction welding the housing parts to one another with the cable passage of the first housing part continuous with the cable passage of the second housing part, the housing parts are friction welded at an interface of the welding protrusion and the welding notch to form a continuous section of the thermoplastic material at the interface that connects the housing parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.