US 12,381,339 B2
Sheath-bonding link box
Alexander Eigner, Ottobrunn (DE); and Mario Richter, Ottobrunn (DE)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH, Ottobrunn (DE)
Filed by Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH, Ottobrunn (DE)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,443.
Claims priority of application No. 21163021 (EP), filed on Mar. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302613 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 11/01 (2006.01); H01R 11/09 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 11/01 (2013.01) [H01R 11/09 (2013.01); H02H 9/044 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sheath-bonding link box, comprising:
a housing defining an interior space;
a plurality of electrically conductive connectors extending through the housing between an exterior of the housing and the interior space, the plurality of connectors each having an internal connecting portion positioned inside of the interior space and an external portion positioned outside of the housing, the internal connecting portion being electrically connectable to a functional link in the interior space, the external portion being dimensioned to be electrically connectable to a sheath-bonding lead; and
at least one electrically insulating carrier unit onto which the internal connecting portions of the electrically conductive connectors and the functional links are mounted, the carrier unit includes a plurality of receptacles, each receptacle at least partly receiving one of the functional links in an orientation along a longitudinal axis of the internal connecting portion of each connector, the carrier unit has a plurality of individual carrier elements, one carrier element is associated with each internal connection portion.