US 12,451,623 B2
Electrical connector having a ferrule with clinched arms for shielded functionality
Michal Wojtula, Cracow (PL); Dominik Wrzesien, Konskie (PL); Pawel Kruczek, Cracow (PL); and Maciej Sikora, Liszki (PL)
Assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/227,391.
Claims priority of application No. 2211001 (GB), filed on Jul. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039180 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 9/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/22 (2006.01); H01R 13/53 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 9/0518 (2013.01) [H01R 13/22 (2013.01); H01R 13/53 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a ferrule configured to receive at least a portion of a first conductive wire of a high voltage electrical cable, wherein the ferrule is configured to fasten to a cable shield configured to electrically shield the first conductive wire of the high voltage electrical cable and electrically connect the cable shield with a second conductive wire of the high voltage electrical cable, wherein the ferrule has two annular portions, and one of the two annular portions has at least one clinched arm arranged to pinch or clinch the other of the two annular portions, and wherein the ferrule is aligned such that the first conductive wire extends through the ferrule in a longitudinal direction and the at least one clinched arm has a free end folded along the longitudinal direction; and
a crimp portion configured to be connected to the ferrule and configured for crimping the second conductive wire of the high voltage electrical cable.