Patent ID: 11942853
Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electric motor comprising:
a housing including a shield defining an aperture;
a busbar extending from a stator towards the aperture, the busbar disposed within the housing;
an end plate;
a fastener forming a fastening joint and connecting the end plate to the shield; and
a contact adapter including
a base member,
a contact member extending from the base member and contacting the busbar, and
a protrusion extending from the base member, the protrusion including a plurality of deformable ribs, wherein at least a portion of the protrusion is sandwiched between the shield and the end plate, and

wherein the fastening joint is securable by a predetermined fastening torque and the plurality of deformable ribs are configured to deform at predetermined pressure, wherein the predetermined pressure is at least partially based on the predetermined fastening torque.