Housing element, electric line arrangement, and production method therefor

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 socket extending along a first direction and circumferentially gripping the flat conductor rail;
• 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 socket and the plug connector flange;
• a passage opening, located in the wall and connecting the flat conductor socket to the contact part receptacle;
• an electrical contact part connected to the flat conductor rail and extending between the flat conductor socket and the contact part receptacle;
• and
• a housing cap connected to the housing element via a hinge portion on a side of the flat conductor 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 socket extending in a first direction;
• 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 socket and the plug connector flange;
• and
• a passage opening located in the wall and connecting the flat conductor 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;
• and
• positioning a housing cap on the housing element in such way that at least some portion of the flat conductor rail between the housing cap and the housing element.