High-voltage connector for three-phase electrical machine
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorsMauricio Vergara López, Antonio Cortés Ramírez
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Abstract
A joining clip for securing a plug and socket of an electrical connector of an electrical machine is described. The joining clip exerts pressure on a port and a socket of an electrical connector, preventing the port and socket from uncoupling. The port and socket may define recesses which conform to and receive the joining clip. The joining clip may be inserted in the recesses thereby joining the port and socket. The joining clip provides a threadless means for joining the port and socket, providing ease-of-assembly when coupling and uncoupling the electrical connector.
Claims20
An electrical connector of an electrical machine comprising:
- a first joining clip comprising:
- a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is oriented in an opposing direction to the second end;
- a first leg and a second leg;
- a U-bend, wherein the U-bend joins the first leg to the second leg;
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- a first L-bend and a second L-bend, wherein the first L-bend joins the first end to the first leg, wherein the second L-bend joins the second end to the second leg;
- a first plug, the first plug comprising a cable and a cable housing, wherein the cable housing is rigidly coupled to and supports the cable;
- and
- a first socket, the first socket comprising a terminal and a terminal housing, wherein the terminal housing is rigidly coupled to and supports the terminal,
- wherein the first plug is configured for insertion in the first socket such that the cable and the terminal are in electrical contact, wherein the first joining clip is configured to secure the first plug to the first socket when the first plug is inserted in the first socket.
A method of securing a plug and socket of an electrical connector of an electrical machine comprising:
- inserting a first plug in a first socket such that a cable and a terminal are in electrical contact, wherein the first plug comprises the cable and a cable housing, wherein the cable housing is rigidly coupled to and supports the cable, wherein the first socket comprises the terminal and a terminal housing;
- and
- securing the first plug to the first socket using a first joining clip, wherein the first joining clip comprises a first end, a second end, a first leg, a second leg, a U-bend, a first L-bend, and a second L-bend, wherein the first end is oriented in an opposing direction to the second end, wherein the U-bend joins the first leg to the second leg, wherein the first L-bend joins the first end to the first leg, wherein the second L-bend joins the second end to the second leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.