Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh

Tyco Electronics Corporation

Te Connectivity Corporation

Te Connectivity Services Gmbh

Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh

Te Connectivity India Private Limited

Aaron James De Chazal

Kevin John Peterson

Clara Marguerite Rhodes

Matthew Bryan Hitchcock

Hurley Chester Moll

Nathan Philip Myer

David Bruce Sarraf

Adam Price Tyler

Jeremy Christin Patterson

Helge Schmidt

Andrew Jacob Vasbinder

Jeremy Christian Patterson

Douglas Scott Simpson

Andre E Guanco

Tejus Kiran Salaka

Ram Kishore Venkatesan

Yezdi N Soonavala

Gajanan Bhat

James Smith

John Mark Myer

A DC charging module for a charging inlet assembly includes a module housing extending between a front and a rear. The module housing has an inner chamber between the front and the rear. The DC charging module includes a terminal having a mating pin at a front of the terminal and a cable connector at a rear of the terminal. The cable connector is located in the inner chamber of the module housing. The mating pin extends forward of the module housing into the charging inlet assembly for mating with a charging connector coupled to the charging inlet assembly. The DC charging module includes a power cable extending into the inner chamber of the module housing to electrically connect to the cable connector of the terminal. The DC charging module includes a heat exchanger received in the inner chamber of the module housing. The heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the cable connector of the terminal. The heat exchanger includes a coolant channel for coolant flow through the heat exchanger for actively cooling the terminal.

Heat exchanger for a charging inlet assembly

A charging inlet assembly includes a housing extending between a front and a rear. The housing has DC terminal channels and AC terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes AC terminals, include a proximity terminal and a ground terminal, received in the corresponding AC terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes DC terminals received in the corresponding DC terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes a proximity resistor assembly having a plug body holding a resistor, a first resistor conductor and a second resistor conductor. The first resistor conductor is coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the proximity terminal. The second resistor conductor is coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the ground terminal.

Charging inlet assembly having a proximity resistor assembly

A charging inlet assembly includes a housing having a DC section having DC terminals received in DC terminal channels for mating with the DC charging connector and AC terminals received in AC terminal channels for mating with the AC charging connector. The DC terminals include a proximity terminal and a ground terminal. The proximity and ground terminals include terminating ends received in a rear cavity of the housing. The charging inlet assembly includes a proximity resistor assembly received in the rear cavity having a resistor, a first resistor conductor coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the proximity terminal, and a second resistor conductor coupled between the resistor and the terminating end of the ground terminal.

A terminal assembly for a charging inlet assembly includes a terminal cable having a conductor. The terminal assembly includes a terminal having a pin at a mating end and a terminating end opposite the mating end terminated to the conductor at an end of the terminal cable. The terminal assembly includes a terminal cover having a cover body including a bore that receives the terminating end of the terminal and the end of the terminal cable. The terminal cover includes a latch configured to secure the terminal and the terminal cable to a housing of the charging inlet assembly. The terminal cover includes a terminal cover seal configured to be sealed to the housing of the charging inlet assembly.

Terminal covers for terminals of charging inlet assembly

A power harness includes a cable having a ring insert received in an opening electrically connected to the cable body and having a cable seal sealed to the flat cable. The power harness includes a housing having a chamber with a cable slot and a bore passing through a hub. The power harness includes a threaded bolt received in the hub passing through the ring insert to threadably couple to a mating harness. The threaded bolt includes an insulating cover on the head and an insulating cap extending from the threaded shaft. The threaded bolt includes a bolt seal sealed to the housing. The power harness includes a contact ring received in the hub aligned with the ring insert with an opening that receives the threaded bolt. A first end engages and is electrically connected to the ring insert and a second end is electrically connected to the mating harness.

Power harness

A charging inlet assembly includes a housing having a DC section with DC terminals received in DC terminal channels for mating with a DC charging connector and AC terminals, including a proximity terminal, received in AC terminal channels for mating with an AC charging connector. The charging inlet assembly includes an HMI assembly coupled to the rear of the housing having a control circuit board, a charging indicator coupled to the control circuit board visible from the front of the housing to indicate a charging status of the charging inlet assembly, and a proximity resistor assembly coupled to the housing. The proximity resistor assembly includes a resistor coupled to the control circuit board and a cable connector connected between the control circuit board and the proximity terminal.

A charging inlet assembly includes a housing extending between a front and a rear. The housing has a DC section includes DC terminal channels configured to receive DC terminals. The housing has an AC section including AC terminal channels configured to receive AC terminals. The DC section configured for mating with a DC charging connector at the front. The AC section configured for mating with an AC charging connector at the front. The housing includes an indicator opening. The charging inlet assembly includes a human machine interface (HMI) assembly coupled to the rear of the housing. The HMI assembly includes a charging indicator aligned with the indicator opening. The charging indicator is visible from the front of the housing to indicate a charging status of the charging inlet assembly.

Charging inlet assembly having a human machine interface (HMI) assembly

An electrical connector assembly includes a housing defining a front opening for receiving a mating connector in a mating direction, an electrical terminal arranged within an interior of the housing, and a terminal position assurance (TPA) device received within a rear opening of the housing in an installation direction. The TPA device includes a body defining a central opening for receiving a cable to be attached to the terminal, and an elastic element defined on a front end of the body. The elastic element includes a contact surface protruding from the front end of the body for engaging with the terminal in an installation direction of the TPA device. The contact surface engages with the terminal before the TPA device reaches an installed position within the housing in the installation direction.

Rear-loaded terminal position assurance device for crimped terminals

A resistor module includes a resistor module housing having an inner cavity. A proximity contact and a ground contact are received in the inner cavity and held by the resistor module housing. A proximity wire, electrically connected to a proximity terminal of the charging inlet assembly, is electrically connected to the proximity contact. A ground wire, electrically connected to a ground terminal of the charging inlet assembly, is electrically connected to the ground contact. A resistor element is received in the inner cavity and coupled to mating ends of the proximity and ground contacts. The resistor element is electrically connected to the proximity terminal through the proximity wire and the proximity contact and is electrically connected to the ground terminal through the ground wire and the ground contact.

Resistor module for a charging inlet assembly

A wire harness for a charging inlet of a vehicle includes first and second high voltage wires having first and second conductors. An inline disconnect electrically connects the first and second conductors and is configured to allow the conductors to be disconnected. The inline disconnect includes a housing having a central cavity, a first chamber at a first end that receives the first high voltage wire, and a second chamber open to the central cavity at a second end that receives the second high voltage wire. First and second disconnect contacts terminated to the conductors are received in the central cavity. A connecting element couples the first and second disconnect contacts and is removable from the disconnect contacts to allow disconnection of the first and second disconnect contacts to electrically separate the first and second high voltage wires.

High voltage wire harness having an inline disconnect

A charging inlet assembly includes a housing extending between a front and a rear. The housing has a DC section including DC terminal channels that are configured to receive DC terminals. The housing has an AC section including an AC module chamber. The DC section is configured for mating with a DC charging connector at the front. The AC section is configured for mating with an AC charging connector at the front. The charging inlet assembly includes an AC charging module removably received in the AC module chamber. The AC charging module includes an AC insert extending between an insert front and an insert rear. The AC insert includes AC terminal channels between the insert front and the insert rear. The AC charging module include AC terminals received in the AC terminal channels. The AC terminals are terminated to ends of AC cables extending from the insert rear. The AC terminals and the AC cables are removable from the housing with the AC insert.

Charging inlet assembly having an AC charging module

A charging inlet assembly for an electric vehicle includes a charging inlet housing having a chamber at the rear and a power connector at a front for receiving a charging connector. The power connector includes terminal channels. The charging inlet assembly includes charging terminals each having a mating pin and a terminating end. The charging inlet assembly includes a terminal position assurance device coupled to the charging inlet housing having a terminal locating plate located in the chamber to interface with the terminating ends of the charging terminals. The terminal position assurance device includes an actuator at an exterior of the charging inlet housing to operate the terminal position assurance device from the exterior of the charging inlet housing.

Terminal position assurance device for a charging inlet assembly

A charging inlet for an electric vehicle (EV) includes a body defining an opening having a conductive terminal arranged therein. A sealing cover is pivotally attached to the body and is moveable between an open position exposing the opening and conductive terminal, and a closed position sealing the opening and the conductive terminal with respect to an external environment. A sealing element of the cover defines a sealing plug including an angled sealing rib defined about an outer periphery thereof. The sealing plug and sealing rib are configured to engage with the opening of inlet body for sealing the opening with the cover in the closed position.

Hinged flap cover with angled seal for electric vehicle charging inlet

A charging inlet for an electric vehicle (EV) includes a body defining a socket housing a conductive charging terminal, and a flange extending from the body and defining an interior channel in fluid communication with the socket. A valve assembly of the inlet includes a cap or adapter body removably attachable to the flange. The cap defines an interior space in communication with the interior channel of the flange with the cap attached to the flange. The valve assembly further includes at least one sealing valve, such as an umbrella valve, attached to an exterior of the cap and adapted to permit the passage of fluid from the interior space of the cap to an external environment.

Water check valve adapter

A charging inlet assembly for an electric vehicle includes a housing having a power connector including AC terminals and DC terminals. An AC terminal assembly is coupled to the housing and includes AC bus bars electrically connected to corresponding AC terminals at a separable mating interface. A DC connector is mechanically and electrically connect to the DC contact of the DC connector at a separable mating interface.

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Aaron James De Chazal