Electropneumatic brake cable system
AssigneeNew York Air Brake Corporation
InventorsRichard E. Sinn, Brett A. Pierce
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Abstract
A cable system including device connectors connected to electropneumatic valves and electrical sensors at predetermined positions along a path on a common manifold and a wiring harness having a length sufficient to transverse the path. The wiring harness includes a plurality of insulated wires in a common sheath and selectively connected to harness connectors which are mounted at predetermined positions to the harness and mate with a corresponding device connector. The path is a closed loop and the wiring harness forms a corresponding closed loop. The majority of the wires in the wiring harness form the corresponding close loop.
Claims14
A cable system in an electropneumatic brake unit having electropneumatic valves and electrical sensors mounted on a common manifold, said unit comprising:
- device connectors connected to said electropneumatic valves and electrical sensors at predetermined positions along a path;
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- a wiring harness forming a closed loop of a length sufficient to traverse said path and a plurality of insulated wires in a common sheath selectively connected to harness connectors which are mounted at predetermined positions to said harness and mate with a corresponding device connector.
A cable system for an electropneumatic brake unit having device connectors at predetermined positions along a path and connected to electropneumatic valves and electrical sensors mounted on a common manifold, said cable system comprising:
- a wiring harness having a length sufficient to traverse the path defined by the device connectors and a plurality of insulated wires in a common sheath selectively connected to harness connectors which are mounted at predetermined positions to said harness to mate with a corresponding device connector;
- each of said wires in said harness being connected to more than one of said harness connectors;
- each of said harness connectors including a pin for each wire selectively connected thereto;
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- at least three corresponding pins of said harness connectors being interconnected one to another by a continuous segment of wire of said harness.
A cable system in an electropneumatic brake unit having electropneumatic valves and electrical sensors mounted on a common manifold, said unit comprising:
- said electropneumatic valves and electrical sensors as well as other electronic devices being grouped into modules mounted to said manifold;
- each module includes only one device connector for connecting all of the electropneumatic valves, electrical sensors and other electronic devices of the module to a harness;
- said device connectors being at predetermined positions along a path;
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- a wiring harness having a length sufficient to traverse said path and a plurality of insulated wires in a common sheath selectively connected to harness connectors which are mounted at predetermined positions to said harness and mate with a corresponding device connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.