国民经济行业分类号：
C4350 | C3670 | C3874 | C4090 | C3823 | C3879 | C3824
当前申请(专利权)人：
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
原始申请(专利权)人：
DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
当前申请(专利权)人地址：
P.O. Box 5052,M/C: 483-400-402,Troy, MI 48007-5052 US
发明人：
RHINEHART, GERALD, A., JR. | KETTERER, WILLIAM, C.
摘要：
An electrical assembly (10), such as an electrical connector, is presented. The assembly includes a housing (12) formed of a dielectric material using an additive manufacturing process such as stereolithography, digital light processing, fused deposition modeling, fused filament fabrication, selective laser sintering, selecting heat sintering, multi-jet modeling, multi-jet fusion, or 3D printing. The assembly further includes an electromagnetic shield integrally formed on a surface of the housing (12) by a layer (20) of conductive material deposited on the dielectric material by the additive manufacturing process. A method of manufacturing a housing (12) configured to contain an electrical assembly (10) is also presented. The method includes the steps of forming the housing (12) from a dielectric material using an additive manufacturing process and integrally forming an electromagnetic shield on an external surface of the housing (12) by depositing a layer (20) of conductive material on the dielectric material during the additive manufacturing process.
权利要求：
WE CLAIM:
1. An electrical assembly (10), comprising:
a housing (12) formed of a dielectric material using an additive manufacturing process; and
an electromagnetic shield integrally formed on a surface of the housing (12) by a layer (20) of conductive material deposited on the dielectric material by the additive manufacturing process.
2. The electrical assembly (10) according to claim 1, wherein the additive
manufacturing process is selected from a list consisting of stereolithography (SLA), digital light processing (DLP), fused deposition modeling (FDM), fused filament fabrication (FFF), selective laser sintering (SLS), selecting heat sintering (SHS), multi-jet modeling (MJM), multi-jet fusion (MJF), and 3D printing (3 DP).
3. The electrical assembly (10) according to claim 2, wherein the surface is an external surface.
4. The electrical assembly (10) according to claim 2, wherein the surface is an internal surface.
5. The electrical assembly (10) according to claim 2, wherein the electrical assembly (10) is an electrical connector and wherein the electrical assembly (10) further comprises an electrical terminal configured to be connected to an electrical conductor, said electrical terminal disposed within the housing (12).
6. A method of manufacturing a housing (12) configured to contain an electrical assembly (10), said method comprising the steps of:
forming the housing (12) from a dielectric material using an additive
manufacturing process; and
integrally forming an electromagnetic shield on an external surface of the housing (12) by depositing a layer (20) of conductive material on the dielectric material during the additive manufacturing process.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the additive manufacturing process is selected from a list consisting of stereolithography (SLA), digital light processing (DLP), fused deposition modeling (FDM), fused filament fabrication (FFF), selective laser sintering (SLS), selecting heat sintering (SHS), multi-jet modeling (MJM), multi-jet fusion (MJF), and 3D printing (3DP).
8. The electrical assembly (10) according to claim 7, wherein the surface is an external surface.
9. The electrical assembly (10) according to claim 7, wherein the surface is an internal surface.
10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the steps of the method are performed in the order listed.
11. The method according to claim 6, wherein the electrical assembly (10) is an electrical connector and wherein the method further comprises the step of disposing an electrical terminal be connected to an electrical conductor within the housing (12).