Abstract: An electrical connector terminal housing adapted for carrying an electrical terminal, and including a rear wall, a front wall, and sidewalls longitudinally extending between the front and rear walls. A first transverse wall and a second transverse wall longitudinally extend at least partially between the rear and front walls. A cradle is disposed between at least one of the sidewalls and the second transverse wall and is adapted for engagement with corresponding surfaces of the electrical terminal.

Abstract: A plastic component is attached to a mounting structure by a fastener that extends at least into a mounting hole in the plastic component. The mounting hole is located near an edge corner of a cantilevered mounting tab that forms part of the plastic component. The mounting tab comprises a generally flat plate that has a depending flange that extends around a rounded corner near which the mounting hole is located and a depending sleeve that is contiguous with the mounting hole. The mounting tab has a break away portion so that the plastic component can be removed for recycling easily. Three variations of the breakaway portion are disclosed.

Abstract: An extrudable wiring harness clip has an elongate base for taping the wiring harness clip to a bundle of cables and an integral self expanding head for attaching the bundle of cables to a support panel or the like. The extrudable wiring harness clip has a constant cross section extending from a front face to a rear face that are preferably parallel to each other. The bottom surface of the elongate base is preferably flat or at least not curved in a direction that is parallel to the length of the elongate base. The extrudable wiring harness clip is made by slicing a portion from an extrusion strip.

Abstract: A method of operating a fuel injector including a piezoelectric actuator having a stack of piezoelectric elements, comprises applying a discharge current (IDISCHARGE) to the actuator for a discharge period so to discharge the stack from a first differential voltage level across the stack to a second, lower differential voltage level across the stack so as to initiate an injection event, and applying a charge current (ICHARGE) to the actuator for a charge period (T3 to T4?) so as to charge the stack from the second differential voltage level to a third differential voltage level so as to terminate the injection event. The method includes determining at least one engine parameter (e.g. common rail pressure) of the injection event prior to applying the charge current (ICHARGE) to the actuator and selecting the third differential voltage level in dependence on the at least one engine parameter.

Abstract: A wire bundle routing assembly for routing and at least partially enclosing and sealing a wire bundle between a a vehicle door frame and a vehicle door body. A door mounting base is slidably receivable in a slot formed in a front wall of a door body and includes a wire bundle through-hole. A door mounting base cover at least partially encloses and holds the wire bundle against an inner side of the door mounting base when the cover is installed over the inner side of the door mounting base. A base slide track detent surface on the door mounting base engages a corresponding cover slide track detent surface on the cover and guides the cover as the cover is slid into an installed position on the mounting base.

Abstract: A shielded electric cable assembly comprises a shielded electric cable and a shielded electric connector that has an inner terminal, an insulator and an outer shielding terminal. The inner terminal has an attachment portion that is supported on a projecting anvil of the insulator that is disposed in an intermediate bay of the outer shielding terminal. The bay has an opening for a crimp tool that crimps the attachment portion of the inner terminal onto an exposed end of a conductive core of the shielded electric cable. The intermediate bay is closed by side wall flaps of the intermediate bay or by a closure shell. The crimp tool that may be part of the insulator.

Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus comprising a fuel injection arrangement for delivering a fuel injection pulse sequence to a combustion chamber during a combustion cycle, the fuel injection pulse sequence comprising a plurality of discrete fuel injection pulses, each discrete fuel injection pulse having a fuel injection pulse type (for example: disabled, common rail pressure, pump pressure etc); a calculation module for monitoring a plurality of vehicle operating parameters, calculating a fuel injection mode in response thereto, and determining a fuel injection mode identifier; a controller arranged to receive the fuel injection mode identifier from the calculation module and operate the fuel injection arrangement in response thereto; wherein the fuel injection mode identifier (for example, a hexadecimal representation in the form of a data string) comprises a plurality of markers, each of the plurality of markers having an ordinal number and a value, wherein the ordinal number of each marker is indicative of the s

Abstract: An electrical housing has a first member and a second member that can be locked and unlocked with a cover lock. The cover lock itself can include a male member disposed on one of the members, and a female member disposed on the other of the members for mating with the male member. A rib can also be provided on either the first or second member to help mate the male member with the female member.

Abstract: An accumulator fuel system for an internal combustion engine having a plurality of engine cylinders, includes an accumulator fuel volume (12; 112) for supplying high pressure fuel to one or more of a plurality of injectors (10) of the fuel system, each of which is arranged to supply fuel to an associated one of the engine cylinders. The accumulator fuel volume (12; 112) is integrated within an engine component, where the engine component provides a purpose other than that solely of an accumulator volume for storing high pressure fuel. For example, the accumulator volume (12; 112) is defined in one embodiment within a rocker shaft (32) of the engine and in another embodiment within the engine cylinder head (16).

Abstract: Described is an insulated non-halogenated, heavy metal free vehicular cable comprising an inner core of a copper based metal wire having a cross sectional area of at least about 0.1 mm2, and an outer insulation, covering the length of the inner core, comprised of a thermoplastic polyphenylene ether composition that has no halogen or heavy metal added thereto, the insulated cable capable of meeting the testing standard ISO 6722.

Abstract: An injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine, the injection nozzle including an outer valve needle which is engageable with an outer valve seating so as to control injection through a first nozzle outlet, an inner valve needle which is movable within the outer valve needle and engageable with an inner valve seating so as to control injection through a second nozzle outlet, and a coupling arrangement for coupling movement of the outer valve needle to the inner valve needle in circumstances in which the outer valve needle is moved away from the outer valve seating beyond a predetermined amount, thereby to permit fuel injection through both the first and second nozzle outlets.

Abstract: A fuel injection system comprising an accumulator volume (10) arranged to be charged with fuel by means of a high pressure fuel pump (12) and for supplying fuel at a first injectable pressure level to a plurality of fuel injectors (22), wherein each injector (22) includes a delivery passage (16, 20), a valve needle (30), which is engageable with a seating to control fuel injection, and a control valve (26) for controlling fuel pressure within a control chamber (28) so as to control movement of the valve needle (30). The control valve (26) has a first operating position in which the control chamber (28) communicates with a low pressure drain and communication between the control chamber (28) and the delivery passage (16, 20) is prevented and a second operating position in which the control chamber (28) communicates with the delivery passage (16, 20) and communication between the control.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of estimating the temperature of a piezoelectric actuator body for controlling the operation of a fuel injector mounted within an engine housing and supplied with fuel from a high pressure fuel pump. The piezoelectric actuator body is housed within a volume of fuel. The method comprises determining a temperature (T—INJ IN, T—PUMP IN) of fuel upstream of the fuel volume, determining a temperature (T—CYL) of the engine housing, and estimating a temperature (T—STACK STEADY STATE; T—STACK DYNAMIC) of the piezoelectric actuator body based on the upstream temperature (T—INJ IN, T—PUMP IN) and the temperature (T—CYL) of the engine housing. By considering the heat transfer between the piezoelectric actuator body, the injector and fuel within the volume, and the heat transfer due to fuel flow through the volume for an injection, the temperature of the piezoelectric actuator body can be estimated by modelling or mapping.

Abstract: An electrical connector (12) has a body (20) with a shorting clip (26) mounted at a distal end (24) of the body (20). The clip (26) axially extends into a cavity (22) of the body and normally shorts two electrical male terminals (25) housed within the body (20).

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable loom, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, the cable loom comprising at least one electrical cable and a stretching device longitudinally engaging at least a section of the cable loom, wherein the stretching device exerts a force aligning the cable loom so as to be substantially free of curvature on the portion of the cable loom engaged by the stretching device.

Abstract: The invention provides a fuel injection pump comprising a pump housing and a pumping arrangement associated therewith, wherein the pumping arrangement includes a pumping plunger and a plunger drive arrangement, the pumping plunger having a first end reciprocably received within a plunger bore provided in the pump housing and a second end coupled to the plunger drive arrangement. A biasing spring is provided having first and second spring ends, the first spring end coupled to a spring plate member associated with the pump housing and the second spring end coupled the plunger drive arrangement. The pump housing includes first and second portions aligned on a common axis, the upper portion including a further bore in which at least an upper portion of a locking pin is receivable and wherein the spring plate member defines support means for supporting a lower end portion of the locking pin.

Abstract: An electrical connector has terminals that are retained in terminal cavities of a connector body by rigid lock nibs that project into the terminal cavity from a rigid wall and rigid lock nibs that are attached to a flexible beam that is opposite the rigid wall and that project into the terminal cavity.

Abstract: An electrical connector body includes a rear face, a front face, and a terminal cavity longitudinally extending substantially between the rear and front faces. A rigid retention wall longitudinally extends at least partially between the rear and front faces and includes a terminal retention feature. At least two cantilevered hold-down beams are substantially opposed from the rigid retention wall.

Abstract: An electronic shunt resistor assembly comprises a planar shunt resistor and an electronic monitoring unit. The planar shunt resistor has a resistance element and first and second terminal bars at opposite ends of the resistance element. The electronic measuring unit has a circuit board that is supported on the planar shunt resistor and that includes input contacts for electronic components carried by the circuit board arranged along one edge of the circuit board and input/output contacts for the electronic components arranged along a opposite edge of the circuit board. A first plurality of electrical connectors connect the first terminal bar to the input contacts and a second plurality of electrical connectors connect the second terminal bar to the output contacts of the circuit board. The electrical connectors are attached to the terminal bars and the contacts solderlessly.

Abstract: A mat seal device for preventing water from entering an electrical connector through an opening provided for cables to be inserted into the connector. The device includes an elastic mat that plugs an opening in the connector. A peripheral edge seal of the mat seals between the mat and an inner surface of the connector housing. Cable insertion holes receive cables into the connector and prevent moisture from passing through the holes around the cables received in those holes. Each cable insertion hole includes annular sealing ribs that elastically enlarge when receiving a cable and seal against an outer surface of the cable. Recesses formed in front and back surfaces of the mat adjacent the cable insertion holes relieve expansion of the sealing ribs.