Electrical plug-in connection for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorManfred Bek
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Abstract
An electrical plug-in connection for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, consisting of a socket (6, 16) and a plug part engaging therein, for transmitting signals required for control of an electrohydraulic control device (10, 20) with the signals received from a signal source situated outside the transmission. The socket (6, 16) is inserted in the oil pan (1, 11) of the transmission and an electrical contact, via a connection (8, 18), automatically results when the oil pan (1, 11) and the transmission housing are assembly and an automatic electric disconnection results when they are disassembled from one another.
Claims6
An automatic transmission for a motor vehicle having an electrical plug-in connection for receiving transmitted signals required for control of an electrohydraulic control device (10, 20) of the automatic transmission, the transmitted signals being received from signal sources situated outside the automatic transmission and conveyed to the electrohydraulic control device (10, 20);
- wherein the electrical plug-in connection comprises a socket (6, 16) with a first portion of said socket (6, 16) electrically connectable with said signal sources situated outside the automatic transmission and a second portion of said socket (6, 16) electrically connectable with the electrohydraulic control device (10, 20), the socket (6, 16) is fixedly secured to the automatic transmission such that when said oil pan (1, 11) is assembled with the transmission housing of the automatic transmission, an automatic electrical connection occurs between the second portion of the socket (6, 16) and the electrohydraulic control device (10, 20), and when the oil pan (1, 11) is disassembled from the transmission housing, an automatic electrical disconnection occurs between the second portion of the socket (6, 16) and the electrohydraulic control device (10, 20).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.