Production method of contact mat for an actuator

US8112886B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Döllgast · Wolfsberg, AT
• Horst Gilg · Finnentrop, DE
• Jörg Haubold · Dortmund, DE
• Carsten Schuh · Baldham, DE
• Claus Zumstrull · Regenstauf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 8, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2012
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49204
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

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.