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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Philip Koneda, Novi, MI (US);
Neal Corey, Canton, MI (US);
Allan Gale, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector for mounting to an electronically controlled valve assembly of an internal combustion engine and for electrically connecting the valve assembly to a control system for the engine. The electrical connector has disposed in a housing thereof: a plurality of high current conductors for carrying relatively high current to the electromagnet coils of the valve assembly and a plurality of low current conductors for carrying relatively low current valve position sensing signals from the valve assembly; and a pair of electrical shields, one of the pair of shields being disposed around the plurality of high current conductors and the other one of the pair of shields being disposed around the plurality of low current conductors.