US 11,881,598 B2
Apparatus and method for connecting electrical components
Tanner Ober, Calgary (CA); Daniel Sieben, Calgary (CA); David Atkins-Apeldoorn, Calgary (CA); Rajiv Parmar, Calgary (CA); and Roger Hull, Calgary (CA)
Filed by OBERON TECHNOLOGIES INC., Calgary (CA)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/039,501.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/908,085, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0143515 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/553 (2021.01); H01M 50/591 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/559 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/553 (2021.01) [H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/559 (2021.01); H01M 50/591 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for interconnecting a plurality of electrical components, each of the electrical components comprising a respective first terminal and a respective second terminal, the apparatus comprising:
a housing configured to retain the plurality of electrical components; and
one or more terminal bulkheads couplable to the housing to cover the first and second terminals of the electrical components, the one or more terminal bulkheads comprising:
one or more terminal covers defining one or more cavities;
first and second pluralities of electrical contacts disposed within the one or more cavities to contact the first terminals and the second terminals respectively; and
one or more gaskets defining gasket openings therethrough, the gasket openings collectively receiving the first and second terminals therethrough and sealingly engaging the electrical components;
wherein, when the one or more terminal bulkheads are coupled to the housing, the one or more cavities cooperate with the housing, the plurality of electrical components, and the one or more gaskets to define one or more fluid reservoirs encompassing the first and second terminals of the electrical components, and to define non-permanent points of contact between the first and second terminals of the electrical components and the electrical contacts within the one or more fluid reservoirs so as to enable access to the electrical components;
the one or more cavities of the one or more terminal covers, or the one or more fluid reservoirs being pre-filled during assembly with sufficient fluid displacing air at the non-permanent points of contact so as to passively protect against oxidation and corrosion and immersing the first and second terminals of the electrical components and the electrical contacts so as to protect against disconnection at the non-permanent points of contact during use;
wherein the one or more fluid reservoirs are sealed and isolated from an outside environment.