Consolidated automotive pigtail connector and replacement parts kit

• US 10,355,431 B1
• Filed: 12/21/2017
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omega Acquisition Sub Corporation
• Original Assignee: Omega Acquisition Sub Corporation
• Inventors: Bloom, Earl, Gilman, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Hien D
• Application Number:
  US15/851,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20190199044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 572 Days
• Field of Search: 174 84 R, 174 84 C, 439502
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/02 electric constitutive elements
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0207 Wire harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2410/115 Electric wiring; Electric connectors
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5202 Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/26 for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/20 Coupling parts carrying sockets, clips or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/20 using a crimping sleeve H01R4/01 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/72 using a heat shrinking insulating sleeve
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 15/1806 Heat shrinkable sleeves insulation of electrical connections using a heat shrinking insulating sleeve H01R4/72

Abstract

A consolidated automotive parts kit containing the parts necessary to replace and seal a switch, relay, or transducer in a vehicle and perform repairs to the corresponding connector using a pigtail and associated repair supplies such as butt splices, heat shrink tubing, and seals or gaskets.

Claims

1. An automotive parts kit comprising;

A first electrical automotive part which may be coupled to a pigtail connector;

the pigtail connector which is compatible with the first electrical automotive part, wherein the pigtail connector has a connector side and a wire splicing side, wherein the connector side is coupled during repairs to the first electrical automotive part included in the automotive parts kit and the wire splicing side is spliced during repairs with one or more wires of a second automotive part not included in the kit to replace a damaged electrical connector;

one or more butt splices, each having a large tube and a small tube; and

heat shrink tubing is placed over one or more of the butt splices to provide a second layer of environmental and physical protection.

2. The automotive parts kit as described in claim 1, further comprising;

one or more seals or gaskets used to secure the connection between the first electrical automotive part and a pressurized system of the vehicle.

3. The automotive parts kit as in claim 1, wherein the first electrical automotive part which may he coupled to the pigtail connector is a switch or transducer.

4. The automotive parts kit as in claim 1, wherein the first electrical automotive part which may be coupled to the pigtail connector is a relay.