Ethernet connector for a motor vehicle
AssigneeZF CV Systems Global GmbH
InventorAriel Kotulski
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Abstract
An ethernet connector (4) for a motor vehicle (2) has two signal leads (5 – 8) arranged adjacent each other, each having a rectangular cross section with a width (w) and a height (h), the height (h) being smaller than the width (w). A height side of each signal lead defines the height and a width side defines the width. In a first portion (L1) of the connector (4), the at least two signal leads (5 – 8) are each arranged with the width sides being parallel to each other and to a longitudinal axis (L) of the signal leads. In a second portion (L2) of the connector (4), at least a first one of the signal leads (5 – 8) is twisted by 90° with respect to the first portion (L1) around the longitudinal axis (L) of the first one of the signal leads.
Claims19
An ethernet connector (4) for a motor vehicle (2), comprising:
- at least two signal leads (5 – 8) arranged adjacent to each other,
- wherein the signal leads (5 – 8) each have a rectangular cross section with a width (w) and a height (h), wherein the height (h) is smaller than the width (w),
- wherein each of the signal leads have a height side that defines the height (h) and a width side that defines the width (w);
- a first portion (L1) of the connector (4), in which the width side of a first one of the at least two signal leads (5 – 8) and the width side of a second one the at least two signal leads (5 – 8) run parallel to each other along a longitudinal axis (L) of the respective signal leads (5 – 8), and
- a second portion (L2) of the connector (4), in which at least the first one of the at least two signal leads (5 – 8) is twisted by 90° with respect to the first portion (L1) around the longitudinal axis (L) of the first one of the at least two signal leads (5 – 8), such that the height side of the first one of the at least two signal leads in the second section (L2) is parallel to the width side of the first one of the at least two signal leads in the first portion (L1).
A method for manufacturing an ethernet connector (4) for a motor vehicle (2), comprising:
- arranging at least two signal leads (5 – 8) adjacent to each other,
- wherein the signal leads (5 – 8) each have a rectangular cross section with a width (w) and a height (h), the height (h) being smaller than the width (w),
- wherein each of the signal leads have a height side that defines the height (h) and a width side that defines the width (w);
- arranging a first portion (L1) of the connector (4) such that the at least two signal leads (5 – 8) are arranged with the width side of a first one of the at least two signals leads (5 – 8) and the width side of a second one of the at least two signal leads (5 – 8) being parallel to each other and a longitudinal axis (L) of the respective signal leads (5 – 8), and
- arranging a second portion (L2) of the connector (4), in which at least a first one of the at least two signal leads (5 – 8) is twisted by 90° with respect to the first portion (L1) around the longitudinal axis (L) of the first one of the at least two signal leads (5 – 8) such that the height side of the first one of the at least two signals leads (5 – 8) in the second portion (L2) runs parallel to the width side of the first one of the at least two signal leads (5 – 8) in the first portion (L1).
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