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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2008
Bernhard Döllgast, Erlangen, DE;
Horst Gilg, Maxhütte, DE;
Jörg Haubold, Limbach-Oberfrohna, DE;
Carsten Schuh, Baldham, DE;
Claus Zumstrull, Regenstauf, DE;
Bernhard Döllgast, Erlangen, DE;
Horst Gilg, Maxhütte, DE;
Jörg Haubold, Limbach-Oberfrohna, DE;
Carsten Schuh, Baldham, DE;
Claus Zumstrull, Regenstauf, DE;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A production method for a contact mat for electrical contacting of an actuator uses a contact mat roll including (a) a plurality of terminal posts spaced apart from each other and extending in a first direction and (b) a plurality of electrically-conductive wires extending parallel to each other in a second, perpendicular direction, such that each wire extends across the terminal posts. The method includes unwinding the contact mat roll; connecting the wires to a metallization strip of an actuator; separating the wires at a location between adjacent terminal posts in the mat, such that a contact mat, including a single terminal post and the wires extending from the metallization strip to the terminal post, is connected to the actuator; and winding a free end of the contact mat including the terminal post at least partially around the actuator and securing the terminal post in position.