US 11,672,092 B2
Modular electrical distribution system for vehicles
Thomas P. Hicks, Lafayette, IN (US); Donald E. DeWitt, Syracuse, IN (US); Joshua E. DeWitt, Westfield, IN (US); Jonathan Brock, Warsaw, IN (US); and Brad Giggy, LaGrange, IN (US)
Assigned to Steiner Enterprises, Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Steiner Enterprises, Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/91,459.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,249, filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0136940 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); H02G 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0247 (2013.01) [B60R 16/0238 (2013.01); H02G 5/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular electrical distribution system for a recreational vehicle (RV), in which the RV is towed by a towing vehicle or is a stand-alone vehicle, the system comprising:
a water-tight housing including a mounting feature for mounting the housing to the RV, said housing including a plurality of water-tight openings for receiving electrical cables or wires, the housing defining an enclosure;
a power-in assembly disposed within said enclosure, said power-in assembly including;
an input terminal fixed within said enclosure configured to be electrically connected to a power cable connected to the positive terminal of a battery of the RV, the power cable passing through one of said plurality of water-tight openings to connect the power-in assembly to the battery of the RV; and
a bus bar terminal fixed within said enclosure and electrically connected to said input terminal; and
a trailer connection assembly removably mountable within said enclosure and including a trailer bar a plurality of electrical terminals for engagement to wires passing through one of said plurality of water-tight openings and connected to electrical components of the towing vehicle.