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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2020
Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Te Connectivity Brasil Industria DE Electronicos Ltda, Braganca Paulista, BR;
Roger Lee Thrush, Clemmons, NC (US);
William A. Russell, Jr., Walkertown, NC (US);
Pedram Gharghabi, Jamestown, NC (US);
Amadeu Luiz Fazani Cavallieri, Campinas, BR;
Albert Yong Lee, Greensboro, NC (US);
Dinesh L. Hemnani, Greensboro, NC (US);
Bruce Toepfer, High Point, NC (US);
Abstract
A power distribution unit includes a housing, a main contactor in a main cavity of the housing, and a pre-charge assembly in a secondary cavity of the housing. The main contactor includes first and second fixed contacts and a movable contact configured to electrically connect the first and second fixed contacts in a mated position. The main contactor includes a coil assembly energized to move the movable contact. The pre-charge assembly includes a pre-charge resistor and a pre-charge switch coupled to the pre-charge resistor. The power distribution unit includes a controller received in the housing. The controller includes a main contactor driver for powering the main contactor and a pre-charge driver for powering the pre-charge switch.