EP0245795A3 - Contact element for electrical pluggable connectors - Google Patents

Contact element for electrical pluggable connectors Download PDF

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EP0245795A3
EP0245795A3 EP87106708A EP87106708A EP0245795A3 EP 0245795 A3 EP0245795 A3 EP 0245795A3 EP 87106708 A EP87106708 A EP 87106708A EP 87106708 A EP87106708 A EP 87106708A EP 0245795 A3 EP0245795 A3 EP 0245795A3
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bearing piece
spacing members
contact element
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Paul-Rainer Molitor
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Otto Dunkel GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/15—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure
    • H01R13/17—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure with spring member on the pin
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/15—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure
    • H01R13/187—Pins, blades or sockets having separate spring member for producing or increasing contact pressure with spring member in the socket

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  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
  • Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
  • Connections By Means Of Piercing Elements, Nuts, Or Screws (AREA)

Abstract

The contact element for an electrical plug connector has a plurality of contact springs disposed side by side, each such spring being a segment of a contact spring wire, one end of which is attached to a bearing piece. Each such spring has, in its middle region, a contact locus which provides contact with a cooperating contact piece. In order to substantially simplify the structure from a manufacturing engineering standpoint, a single structural unit is formed from a first metal strip which forms the bearing piece, a plurality of spacing members connected to the bearing piece and extending parallel to each other, and a second metal strip parallel to the first, which second strip forms the support piece. In the neighborhood of the bearing piece and support piece, the spacing members undergo a bending away from the common plane of the bearing piece and the support piece and toward the front side of the contact element, such that the middle extent of the spacing members is disposed such that any two given successive spacing members laterally define a flat chamber. In this chamber a plurality of parallel contact springs are disposed side by side.
EP87106708A 1986-05-12 1987-05-08 Contact element for electrical pluggable connectors Expired - Lifetime EP0245795B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AT87106708T ATE82435T1 (en) 1986-05-12 1987-05-08 CONTACT ELEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL PLUG-IN CONNECTOR.

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE3615915 1986-05-12
DE19863615915 DE3615915A1 (en) 1986-05-12 1986-05-12 CONTACT ELEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS

Publications (3)

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EP0245795A2 EP0245795A2 (en) 1987-11-19
EP0245795A3 true EP0245795A3 (en) 1990-01-31
EP0245795B1 EP0245795B1 (en) 1992-11-11

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EP87106708A Expired - Lifetime EP0245795B1 (en) 1986-05-12 1987-05-08 Contact element for electrical pluggable connectors

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US (1) US4753616A (en)
EP (1) EP0245795B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS62272482A (en)
AT (1) ATE82435T1 (en)
DE (2) DE3615915A1 (en)
ES (1) ES2034983T3 (en)
GR (1) GR3006540T3 (en)

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ATE82435T1 (en) 1992-11-15
DE3615915A1 (en) 1987-11-19
EP0245795A2 (en) 1987-11-19
DE3782535D1 (en) 1992-12-17
ES2034983T3 (en) 1993-04-16
US4753616A (en) 1988-06-28
GR3006540T3 (en) 1993-06-30
EP0245795B1 (en) 1992-11-11
JPS62272482A (en) 1987-11-26

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