US 12,142,743 B2
Assembly with electrical connection through elastomeric gasket
Timothy W. Daughrity, Murray, KY (US); and Christopher M. Cook, McKenzie, TN (US)
Assigned to DANA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed by Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/446,709.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,359, filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085433 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/615 (2014.01); B60L 50/64 (2019.01); B60L 58/27 (2019.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); F16J 15/02 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/615 (2015.04) [B60L 50/64 (2019.02); B60L 58/27 (2019.02); B60R 16/02 (2013.01); F16J 15/022 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery coolant heater assembly, comprising:
a coolant manifold;
a cover; and
a gasket comprising a main body adapted to seal a joint between the coolant manifold and the cover, and an electrical connector extending through and formed integrally with the main body so as to provide power or electric signals to at least one electrical component of the battery coolant heater assembly via one or more electrical conductors, wherein the gasket includes a molded-in harness mating connector shroud, the molded-in harness mating connector shroud molded into an outside edge of the main body so that the molded-in harness mating connector shroud is exposed outside of the battery coolant heater assembly, and wherein the one or more electrical conductors extend from the molded-in harness mating connector shroud and through the main body.