Multifunction Plug Connector Of An Oil Pan Of A Vehicle

• Main Author: GEORG ZWICKLER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.11.2011
• Subjects: BLASTING; CRANKCASE VENTILATING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; LUBRICATING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LUBRICATING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; STEAM ENGINES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

The invention relates to a multifunction plug connector 1 of a vehicle oil pan 2, the connector connecting between a wiring harness (4 fig 1) outside the oil pan and supply line cables 8,9,10 within the pan. The supply line cables connect to electrical components (5, 6, 7 fig 1) within the oil pan, and the multifunction plug connector has an oil-tight arrangement 13 fed through the pan wall 11 which includes a connector 12 situated outside the pan. The connector has contacts 14 or sockets 15, and the electronic components are connected to an engine control unit (16 fig 1) via the multifunction plug connector and the wiring harness. The supply line cables may include wires that are embedded and protrude from a plastic casting compound 22, and the wires may have additional connectors 23, 24, 25 which are pluggable in an oil-tight manner into plug sockets or plugs of the electrical components. The multifunction plug connector oil-tight arrangement may include a ring groove 30 and seal arrangement 31.