Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Nathaniel Conti

Alexander Robert Rink

Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson

An electrical ground assembly for a vehicle component includes a bushing including an upper serrated surface and a lower serrated surface opposite the upper serrated surface, a ground strap including a terminal, and a fastener including a head portion, a shaft extending from the head portion, and a flange extending radially between the head portion and the shaft portion. The terminal is electrically connected to the bushing between the upper serrated surface and the lower serrated surface. The flange includes a lower serrated surface configured to mate with the upper serrated surface of the bushing.

Electric ground assembly for grounding a vehicle component

A seal assembly includes a cap and a seal. The cap includes an engagement structure and a flange. The engagement structure is configured to couple the cap to an enclosure. The flange defines a plurality of openings that are open through a first side of the flange and a second side of the flange. The seal includes a seal body and a plurality of bosses. The seal body engages the second side of the flange and includes a plurality of bosses. Each boss is positioned in a respective opening of the plurality of openings. The seal is compressible against the flange from a relaxed state in which the bosses are flush with the first side of the flange or recessed within the openings and a compressed state in which each boss extends from the respective opening beyond the first side of the flange.

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