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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
William S. Reed, Greenfield, IN (US);
Edward L. Kaiser, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Joel E. Mowatt, Zionsville, IN (US);
William S. Reed, Greenfield, IN (US);
Edward L. Kaiser, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Joel E. Mowatt, Zionsville, IN (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for establishing electrical communication between a control module and a motor/generator in a hybrid electromechanical transmission includes providing a preassembled terminal subassembly including a first plurality of wire terminals sufficiently interconnected for selective, substantially unitary movement with respect to a transmission housing, aligning the preassembled terminal subassembly with a second plurality of wire terminals affixed with respect to at least one electric motor/generator, and establishing electrical communication between each of said first plurality of wire terminals and a respective one of said second plurality of terminals.