The electric power consumed in vehicles has increased yearly. To improve the efficiency of the power, there is a movement towards increasing the vehicle's voltage from 14 V to 42 V. The wiring harness will be one of the most important components of the 42 V system; however, there are many technical problems that need to be solved. In particular, the arc discharge phenomenon that occurs when the working connectors are suddenly unmated, is the most serious problem. In our experiments, the arc discharge damaged the tip of the terminal (approximately 5 mm of the terminal melted) and the temperature of the terminal reached over 1000 degrees C. In order to overcome this problem, we developed a new type of connector. In this study, we show that this new connector can drastically reduce the level of arc energy generated in the discharge between the terminals.


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    Title :

    New connector for 42 V automotive electrical system


    Contributors:
    Sakiyama, K. (author) / Ide, T. (author) / Akashi, K. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    5 Seiten, 4 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    A New Connector for 42V Automotive Electrical System

    Akashi, Kazuya / Sakiyama, Koji / Ide, Takehisa | SAE Technical Papers | 2001



    A new connector for 42 V automotive electrical system

    Sakiyama,K. / Ide,T. / Akashi,K. et al. | Automotive engineering | 2001