CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE STEERING SYSTEM WITH A CONTROL UNIT

摘要

PCT No. PCT/DE97/02176 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 3, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 3, 1998 PCT Filed Sep. 25, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/24658 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 1998A connector arrangement of a control system with a controller in a motor vehicle is designed so that it can be manufactured advantageously and is reliable in operation. To do so, the connector arrangement and the respective controller are designed so that several separate connector sockets with externally accessible contact elements are arranged on the controller, which is mounted on the vehicle's internal combustion engine as a surface-mounted controller, some of the contact elements being designed as high-current contact elements which are connected directly to one another through busbars running inside the controller. The respective mating connectors can be connected to the connector sockets, the mating connectors being electrically connected to components of the vehicle over cable harnesses or cable segments, where a first mating connector connected to cable segments is composed of partial mating connectors which can be handled independently of one another.