Connector box assembly for traction battery
First Claim
1. A connector box assembly for coupling and uncoupling a high voltage battery With a high voltage electrical line, the connector box assembly comprising:
- at least one female electrical receptacle, each having a penetrable sleeve thereon formed from a conductive material;
female electrical receptacle electrical insulation means for surrounding the penetrable sleeve to provide exterior electrical insulation to the penetrable sleeve and to provide electrically conductive access to the inner surface of the penetrable sleeve through one end thereof;
at least one male electrical probe which is disposable during electrical connection within the penetrable sleeve, said male electrical probe having an exterior surface formed of a conductive material to provide electrical contact with the inner surface of the penetrable sleeve, the female electrical receptacle and projecting outwardly therefrom, to permit relatively snug entry thereunto of the male electrical probe, and to recess the penetrable sleeve of said female electrical receptacle from said orifice; and
a heat sink disposed within said connector box assembly to convey heat therefrom.
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Abstract
The improved connector box assembly of the present invention includes mating male and female connectors, each of which is insulated in a novel manner to prevent manual touching, especially of the male probe during electrical connection, and also to prevent manual touching of the electrically live female conductor when not engaged with the male connector element. The female electrical receptacle is recessed within elongated neck-like electrical insulation means for disposition over one end of the female electrical receptacle and to permit relatively snug entry thereinto of the male electrical probe. The female electrical receptacle is a substantial distance front the orifice of the elongated neck means of such insulation. The female electrical receptacle electrical insulating structure is contained within an insulative housing which mates with an insulative structure at the base of the male electrical probes and which serves as an insulative collar extending a substantial distance along the shaft of the male electrical probes to mate with the female electrical receptacle electrical insulation means.
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20 Claims
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1. A connector box assembly for coupling and uncoupling a high voltage battery With a high voltage electrical line, the connector box assembly comprising:
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at least one female electrical receptacle, each having a penetrable sleeve thereon formed from a conductive material; female electrical receptacle electrical insulation means for surrounding the penetrable sleeve to provide exterior electrical insulation to the penetrable sleeve and to provide electrically conductive access to the inner surface of the penetrable sleeve through one end thereof; at least one male electrical probe which is disposable during electrical connection within the penetrable sleeve, said male electrical probe having an exterior surface formed of a conductive material to provide electrical contact with the inner surface of the penetrable sleeve, the female electrical receptacle and projecting outwardly therefrom, to permit relatively snug entry thereunto of the male electrical probe, and to recess the penetrable sleeve of said female electrical receptacle from said orifice; and a heat sink disposed within said connector box assembly to convey heat therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In combination, an improved connector box assembly, coupled to a high voltage battery, said connector box assembly comprising:
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at least one female electrical receptacle, each having a penetrable sleeve thereon formed from a conductive material; female electrical receptacle electrical insulation means for surrounding the penetrable sleeve to provide exterior electrical insulation to the penetrable sleeve and to provide electrically conductive access to the inner surface of the penetrable sleeve through one end thereof; and at least one male electrical probe which is disposable during electrical connection within the penetrable sleeve, said male electrical probe having an exterior surface formed of a conductive material to provide electrical contact with the inner surface of the penetrable sleeve, the female electrical receptacle and projecting outwardly therefrom, to permit relatively snug entry thereunto of the male electrical probe, and to recess the penetrable sleeve of said female electrical receptacle from said orifice.
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