Tyco Electronics Corporation

John Steven Cowan

Lyle Stanley Bryan

Thomas Michael Banas

Kevin John Peterson

Jeremy Christin Patterson

Abraham Shocket

Ralph Melvin Cooper

An electrical assembly configured to be fixed in a housing of an electrical connector includes an electrical package disposed on a substrate and electrically connected to the substrate. The electrical assembly also includes a conductor terminated to the substrate at a spaced apart location from the electrical package to provide at least one of power or control signals to the substrate. A terminating segment of the conductor is thermally coupled to the electrical package to receive heat generated at the electrical package and dissipate the heat through the conductor away from the electrical package.

Electrical assembly within a connector housing

A system configured to protect a load within a vehicle includes a plug subassembly and a sensor connector subassembly. The sensor connector subassembly is selectively connectable to the plug subassembly. A circuit board is secured within the sensor connector subassembly. The circuit board includes at least one positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device electrically connected between an activation switch and a load. The circuit board includes at least one circuit to protect against over-voltage or over-current to the load, detect a fault condition of the load, and determine whether the plug subassembly is connected to the sensor connector subassembly.

Connector system and assembly having integrated protection circuitry

A solid state pre-charge module includes a relay, a transistor connected to the relay and a solid state device connected to the transistor. The solid state device controls switching of the transistor.

Solid state pre-charge module

A driver module is provided for controlling operation of a fuel pump of a vehicle. The driver module includes switching circuitry for switching transmission of electrical power to the fuel pump, and a processor for executing a series of programmable instructions for controlling the switching circuitry in accordance with at least one signal received from a restraint control module (RCM) of the vehicle.

Intelligent driver module for controlling operation of a fuel pump

A connector assembly ( ) includes and arc prevention shunt ( ) in one of two mating electrical connectors ( ). The shunt ( ) engages a terminal ( ) when the connectors ( ) and ( ) are in a partially mated configuration. If the terminal ( ) is hot, current will pass from the shunt ( ) to a relay coil ( ) to close contacts ( ) in a Form C relay ( ). When the normally open switch contacts ( ) are closed a bypass circuit ( ) disconnects the terminals ( ) in the connectors ( ) so arcing will not occur when the connectors ( ) are mated or unmated under load. When the connectors ( ) are in the fully mated or fully unmated, the shunt ( ) is electrically isolated from the terminals ( ).

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