Patent ID: 6068491
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B60R,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A connector arrangement for a control system in a motor vehicle, comprising:a controller, which is surface mountable on an engine of the motor vehicle, the controller including at least two connector sockets, each of the connector sockets being mounted on an outside surface of the controller and including a plurality of contact elements, at least two of the plurality of contact elements being high-current contact elements, at least one of the high-current contact elements of a first of the connector sockets being coupled to at least one of the high-current contact elements of a second of the connector sockets by at least one electric busbar connecting the at least two connector sockets;at least one set of a plurality of cables, each cable having a first end and second end, the second end being adapted to connect to at least one electric component of the vehicle;a plurality of mating sub-connectors, a first end of each of the plurality of mating sub-connectors being connected to the first end of each cable of the at least one set of a plurality of cables, a second end of each of the plurality of mating sub-connectors being adapted to couple to a first one of the connector sockets;at least one cable harness having a plurality of cables, each cable having a first end and a second end, the second end being adapted to connect to at least one other electric component of the vehicle; andat least one mating connector, which is coupled to a first end of the at least one cable harness, and which is adapted to couple to a second one of the connector sockets.