Motor-vehicle latch housing with integral conductors
AssigneeKierkert AG
InventorsThomas Hülsmann, Ulrich Nass
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Abstract
A motor-vehicle door latch housing has a dielectric plastic body, an electrical device secured to the body, a plurality of electrical conductors each at least partially imbedded in the body and each having an end forming a terminal adjacent the device, and a plurality of connectors on the device each is elastically deformable and bearing elastically on a respective one of the terminals. Each terminal fits in a predetermined direction with the respective connector. The connectors are deformed elastically transversely to the installation direction when fitted with the respective terminals. Thus as the device is fitted to the body, its connectors are automatically joined to the terminals.
Claims15
A motor-vehicle door latch housing comprising:
- a dielectric plastic body;
- a metal mounting plate imbedded in the body;
- latch parts mounted on the plate;
- an electrical device secured to the body;
- a plurality of electrical conductors each at least partially imbedded in the body, and each having an end forming a terminal adjacent the device;
- a plurality of elastically deformable connectors projecting transversely to a predetermined insertion direction from the device and each formed as a metallic strip bearing elastically on a respective one of the terminals;
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- respective biasing elements projecting from the electrical device bearing in the insertion direction on the connectors and pressing same in the insertion direction onto the respective terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.