Interchangeable adapter for electric motor-and-gear assembly

US6974351B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Detlef Lauk · Renchen, DE
• Ernst Fischer · Anchorage, US
• Hansjoerg Karcher · Bühl, DE
• Juergen Herp · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Erik Maurer · Bühl, DE
• Andreas Wiegert · Kappelrodeck, DE
• Bernd Bock · Bühl, DE
• Richard Hurst · Offenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2005
• Expiry date: May 17, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02K2211/03
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In an electric motor-and-gear assembly for driving automotive power accessories such as front and rear wipers, power window units, or the like, having transmission casing, that can be closed by means of a casing cover, and having a socket that is disposed in the casing cover and can be contacted by means of a connector plug in order to connect the electric motor to the electrical system of the vehicle, for the sake of a uniform, single design of the socket when there are structurally varied designs of connector plugs, the socket is attached to an interchangeable adapter which has a first group of electrical contacts adapted to the socket and a second group of electrical contacts adapted to the connector plug. The contacts of the two contact groups, which are comprised of plug tabs, are connected to one another in an electrically conductive manner inside or along a surface of the adapter.