Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Hirschmann Automotive Gmbh

Michael Respondek

Josef Krammer

Torsten Herzog

Robert Weber

Kurt Ellensohn

Rudolf Fekonja

Arnold Federer

Georg Geismayr

A charging apparatus for a vehicle having an energy accumulator includes a charging socket with nine electrically assignable contacts by which the user of the vehicle may establish a charging connection independently of the type of charging supported by the charging source and the used plug.

Charging apparatus for a vehicle

A vehicle charging apparatus includes a charging source, a charging plug, a charging socket, a charging control device, an alternating-current charging device and a power switching device. The charging socket has seven electrically assignable contacts, the first contact being connected as a pilot contact by way of a pilot line with the charging control device, the second contact being connected as proximity contact by way of a proxy line with the charging control device, the third contact being connected as a protective grounding conductor contact by way of a ground line with the vehicle ground, the fourth contact being connected as a neutral conductor contact by way of a neutral line with the alternating-current charging device, the fifth contact being connected as a phase 1 contact by way of a phase 1 line with the alternating-current charging device, the sixth contact being connectable as a positive direct-current contact by way of a DC+ line and by way of the power separating device with an energy accumulator, and the seventh contact being connectable as a negative direct-current contact by way of a DC&#x2212; line and by way of the power separating device with the energy accumulator. The DC+ line is connected by way of a first electric branch line with the neutral line or the phase 1 line, and the DC&#x2212; line is connected by way of a second electric branch line with the neutral line or the phase 1 line.

Charging apparatus for a vehicle with seven electrical contacts

A wire having a conductive core surrounded by an insulation sheath is fitted to an electrical connector having a housing formed with a longitudinally extending passage and a contact part in the passage. The contact part has a front end having pair of sides adapted to flank a contact pin engaged in the passage and a rear end adapted to grip the wire with a stripped end of the conductive core extending in the front end between the sides thereof alongside the pin. An anchor lug on one of the sides engages an inner surface of the passage and retains the contact part therein. A biasing element braced between the conductive core and an opposite inner surface of the passage presses the conductive core transversely against the pin.

Motor-vehicle electrical connector assembly

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Mengkofen, Germany

Michael Respondek