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AssigneeFaurecia Industries
InventorsJean-Luc Roudot, Denis Bocquet, Christian Henigue
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This assembly comprises a first electrical connection part mounted on a first piece of equipment, the first piece of equipment comprising a first guiding and positioning member for the first electrical connection part, a second piece of equipment comprising a second guiding and positioning member complementary to the first one and permitting relative guiding and positioning of the second piece of equipment on the first one, and a second electrical connection part complementary to the first one, mounted on the second piece of equipment. The second electrical connection part is mounted on the piece of equipment with a clearance in one direction orthogonal to the assembly direction, and comprises a third guiding and positioning member complementary to the first one.
Equipment assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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Mounting of connectors; Switching; Reinforcing of back panels: alignment mechanisms; Drawout cases
Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles: instruments characterised by their location or relative…
Dashboards: dashboard panels
For engagement only: allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection
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The invention relates to the field of equipment for motor vehicles.
In particular, the invention relates to an equipment assembly for a motor vehicle comprising
a first electrical connection part mounted on a first piece of equipment, the first piece of equipment comprising a first guiding and positioning member permitting relative guiding in one assembly direction and positioning of the first electrical connection part on the first piece of equipment,
Embodiments of the invention will now be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view from the interior of a vehicle of a dashboard and an associated connector part according to a first embodiment of the invention, the two parts being shown separated;
FIG. 2 is an analogous view of an instrument panel and an associated connector part;
In all the following, the description will be given with reference to the system of axes X, Y, Z represented in FIG. 1, in which the axis X-X corresponds to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle (horizontal) oriented towards the front, the axis Y-Y corresponds to the transverse axis (horizontal) oriented from right to left, and the axis Z-Z is the vertical axis oriented upwards from below.
In FIG. 1, a part of a dashboard 1 is shown in which a cavity 3 is provided. The dashboard 1 constitutes a first piece of equipment fixed in the interior of the vehicle and intended to receive in its cavity 3 a second piece of equipment constituted by an instrument panel which will be described with reference to FIG. 2.
On the dashboard 1, in a lower part of the cavity 3, there is formed a block 5 for receiving and fixing a male electrical connector 7. The male electrical connector 7 is shown alone, it being understood that in the illustrated configuration it is in reality wired. The bundle of cables connected to the male electrical connector 7 is not shown, and runs in a conventional manner from the engine compartment to the connector 7, which for its part is placed in the passenger compartment, passing through the cavity 3. The bundle of cables could equally come from the dashboard 1 itself.