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EP3446366B1
EP3446366B1 EP17718540.2A EP17718540A EP3446366B1 EP 3446366 B1 EP3446366 B1 EP 3446366B1 EP 17718540 A EP17718540 A EP 17718540A EP 3446366 B1 EP3446366 B1 EP 3446366B1
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Ralf Geske
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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
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/55—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals
    • H01R12/58—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals terminals for insertion into holes
    • H01R12/585—Terminals having a press fit or a compliant portion and a shank passing through a hole in the printed circuit board
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/51—Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/515—Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables

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  • the invention relates to a plug contact for making electrical contact with a printed circuit board by inserting the plug contact into a contact hole of the printed circuit board, with two relatively resilient contact legs, a connection area and a connection area, the connection area connecting the two contact legs to one another and to the connection area, and the plug contact is formed from a metallic flat material.
  • the invention relates to an electrical connection terminal with a housing, with a conductor connection element and with a busbar piece, wherein a conductor to be connected can be connected to the busbar piece in an electrically conductive manner by means of the conductor connection element and wherein a conductor entry opening for inserting an electrical conductor to be connected is formed in the housing.
  • Plug contacts for making electrical connections between conductors, various electrical or electronic components and busbars are known in various embodiments and for various areas of application.
  • the plug contacts are plugged into corresponding receiving contacts or socket elements, the receiving contacts being, for example, openings in busbars.
  • the plug contacts themselves can be connected to electrical components or provided for connection to electrical conductors, for which purpose the connection area of the plug contacts is designed accordingly.
  • connection techniques There are different techniques for the connection between a printed circuit board and an electrical component or the connection of a conductor to a printed circuit board, with soldering and press-fitting in particular being established. Both techniques have proven themselves over the years, as they guarantee good and permanent electrical contact between the contact partners.
  • a disadvantage of both soldering and pressing is that both connection techniques are not reversible, so that once a connection has been made, it will not be possible - or only with increased effort. can be separated again.
  • additional work steps and / or special tools are required to produce the connection.
  • Plug connections which have been used in other areas of application for decades, offer an alternative here, since the connection can simply be made by hand and, moreover, can be disconnected again if necessary, i.e. it is reversible.
  • connection terminals have also been known in a large number of design variants for decades.
  • the connection terminals can, for example, be designed as a so-called print terminal for connecting an electrical conductor or several conductors to a circuit board, for which purpose the connection terminals have corresponding contact pins that are pressed or soldered into corresponding holes in the circuit board.
  • a tension sleeve for example, which is part of a screw connection and through which a conductor to be connected can be connected to the busbar section in an electrically conductive manner, can be provided as the conductor connection element.
  • the conductor connection element can also be designed as a crimp connection to which the stripped end of a conductor to be connected can be attached, the crimp connection then being formed at one end of the busbar section and the contact pin at the other end of the busbar section.
  • An insulation displacement connection in which an insulated end of a conductor is pressed into the cutting edge of the insulation displacement connection, is also possible as a conductor connection element.
  • clamping springs can also be used as conductor connection elements, both loop-shaped clamping springs, so-called tension spring terminals, and U-shaped or V-shaped clamping springs being used.
  • Rigid conductors or conductors provided with a wire end sleeve can be inserted directly into U-shaped or V-shaped clamping springs, ie without having to open the clamping point beforehand with a tool.
  • the conductor to be connected is pressed by the clamping leg of the clamping spring against the busbar piece, whereby the electrical connection between the conductor and the busbar piece is established.
  • the clamping point between the clamping leg and the busbar piece must be opened, including an actuation opening in the housing is designed to insert a tool, for example the tip of a screwdriver.
  • the actuation opening also serves to open the terminal point in order to be able to pull a connected conductor out of the terminal again.
  • a plug contact designed for use in printed circuit boards has been known for some time, which is designed in the manner of a spring fork and has two flat, relatively resilient contact legs which are connected to one another via a common connection area.
  • the plug contact is punched out of a metallic flat material and bent, with the narrowest possible area being punched out between the contact legs to produce the two contact legs.
  • the two outer edges of the contact legs each press against the inner wall of the contact hole into which the plug contact is inserted.
  • the connection area opposite the contact legs is designed as a crimp connection, so that in each case a conductor can be connected to a plug contact.
  • a connection terminal with several plug contacts described above is from the DE 10 2011 011 017 A1 known.
  • the individual plug contacts are arranged in several rows next to one another in chambers of the connection housing in such a way that the plug contacts extend perpendicular to the plane of the printed circuit board.
  • the connection areas of the individual plug contacts are designed as crimp connections. As a result, several conductors can be connected to a circuit board in which the individual contact holes are at a small distance from one another.
  • a fork-shaped plug contact for contacting a circuit board is also from the DE 202 18 295 U1 known.
  • the punched edges of the contact legs press against the inner wall of the contact hole, the two contact legs each having two outer edges that dig into the metallization of the bore wall when the plug contact is pressed into the contact hole of the circuit board.
  • Cold welds should preferably occur between the metallization of the bore wall and the contact legs in order to ensure good electrical contact.
  • the disadvantage here is that the sharp edges the contact leg can damage the inner wall of the contact hole during the plugging process, so that a coating applied in the contact hole, for example made of tin, is rubbed off after a few plugging cycles.
  • the pamphlet DE 10 2008 036 090 A1 relates to a plug contact element, the contact legs being connected to one another.
  • this document discloses dimensioning the radii of the contact elements in such a way that the stress on the tin-containing coating in the contacting area does not exceed a critical threshold value.
  • the present invention is based on the object of providing a plug contact described at the outset which enables reliable and good contacting of the contact hole even with several plugging cycles, so that the plug connector ensures good electrical contact between the contact partners.
  • an electrical connection terminal is to be specified with which an electrical conductor can be connected to a printed circuit board in a simple manner.
  • the two contact legs each have a contacting area that contacts the contact hole when plugged in, the outer contour of the two contact legs in the contacting area being formed in cross section in the shape of a segment of a circle.
  • the outer contour of the contact legs is thus machined, in particular in the area in which the contact legs contact the contact hole when plugged in, so that it does not have any sharp edges that dig into the metallization of the bore wall when the plug contact is inserted into the contact hole. This makes it possible to insert and remove the plug contact several times without damaging the inner wall of the contact hole in the circuit board.
  • the outer contour of the contact leg which is circular segment-shaped in cross section, has a radius that is smaller than the radius of the contact hole.
  • the outer contour of the two contact legs in the contacting area is configured not only in cross section but in the longitudinal direction as a segment of a circle, so that the contacting areas of the two contact legs are convex.
  • the two contact legs thus have a rounded outer contour in the contacting area, both in the insertion direction of the contact legs and perpendicular to the insertion direction, so that there is only essentially point-like contact between the contact legs and the contact hole in the contacting area.
  • the spherical shape of the contacting areas can easily be produced with the aid of a die into which the contacting areas of the contact legs are pressed after punching out the plug contact from a metallic flat material or which is pressed against the contact legs.
  • Such an embossing or reshaping of the outer contour of the contact legs generated by the punching has the additional advantage that the roughness of the outer edges of the contact legs generated during punching is smoothed, which further reduces the risk of damage to a coating applied to the inner wall of a contact hole .
  • the desired convexity of the outer contour of the contact legs can be produced in a simple manner by embossing, whereby the radii of the outer contour of the contacting areas can be specified by the shape of the die that is pressed against the outside of the contact legs.
  • the radius of the outer contour in the form of a segment of a circle is preferably greater in the longitudinal direction than the radius of the outer contour in the form of a segment of a circle in cross section.
  • the two contact legs have different lengths, ie there is a first, longer contact leg and a second, shorter contact leg.
  • a guide section is formed which is arranged in the insertion direction of the plug contact in front of the free end of the shorter contact leg.
  • the guide section serves as an insertion and centering aid when inserting the plug contact into the corresponding contact hole in a circuit board.
  • the guide section preferably has a wedge-shaped or semicircular outer contour on its side facing away from the connection area and thus facing the contact hole during insertion.
  • the guide section of the first, longer contact leg first slides into the contact hole before the second, shorter contact leg also dips into the contact hole, the two contact legs then being pressed towards one another through the contact wall of the contact hole during further insertion so that the distance between the two contact legs - compared to the unplugged state - is reduced.
  • the two contact legs extend in one plane, the main direction of extent of the plug contact running parallel to the insertion direction.
  • the two contact legs are angled, the two contact legs each having a first area and a second area which are arranged at an angle ⁇ to one another.
  • the angle ⁇ between the two areas of the contact legs is preferably approximately 90 °, so that the contact legs are bent approximately in an L-shape.
  • the first area of the two contact legs adjoins the connection area, while the contacting areas are formed on the second areas and the ends of the second areas form the free ends of the contact legs, with which the contact legs are inserted into the corresponding contact hole in the circuit board.
  • a plug contact with angled contact legs has the advantage that the working area of the plug contact effective when the contact legs are inserted into the contact hole, ie the area that generates the restoring force of the plug contact, is essentially in the first area of the contact legs.
  • the contact legs are primarily subjected to torsion and not bending in this area, which means that the plug contact is more elastic compared to a plug contact with straight, non-angled contact legs. The plug contact can thus be more easily inserted into a contact hole or pulled out of the contact hole again.
  • connection area of the plug contact is designed as a crimp connection, by means of which the stripped end of a conductor to be connected can be electrically connected.
  • connection area can also be designed as an insulation displacement connection, so that the connection area has two opposing cutting edges, between which the insulated end of a conductor to be connected is pressed so that the cutting edges penetrate the insulation of the conductor and contact the metallic conductor.
  • connection area is designed as a flat current bar which, together with a tension sleeve, forms a screw connection or, together with a clamping spring, forms a spring-loaded terminal connection.
  • a plurality of grooves or notches are preferably formed on the side of the current bar facing the conductor, whereby the contact resistance between the conductor and the current bar is reduced.
  • the electrical connection terminal has a plug contact according to the invention, which is arranged at least partially in the housing of the connection terminal in such a way that the busbar piece is formed by the connection area of the plug contact, and the contact legs of the plug contact protrude with their contacting areas from the underside of the housing.
  • the underside of the housing is the side that faces the circuit board when the connection terminal is placed on the circuit board.
  • a clamping spring is provided as the conductor connection element, which has a clamping leg and a contact leg, the clamping leg together with the connection area of the plug contact forming a spring-loaded connection for the conductor to be connected.
  • the use of a clamping spring as a conductor connection element has the additional advantage that a conductor to be connected can be very easily connected to the connection terminal and thus also to a circuit board via the spring-cage terminal connection.
  • the electrical conductor can also be pulled out of the connection terminal again when the spring-loaded terminal connection is opened.
  • the electrical connection between the conductor and the circuit board can thus be released both between the conductor and the connection area of the plug contact and between the contact legs of the plug contact and the circuit board.
  • the electrical connection terminal can also be designed, for example, as a screw terminal, so that a tension sleeve is arranged in the housing which, together with the connection area of the plug contact, which is designed as a flat current bar, forms a screw connection for the conductor to be connected.
  • the tension sleeve is actuated with the aid of a screw that is accessible via an actuation opening in the housing of the connection terminal.
  • the conductor connection element can also be designed as a crimp connection to which the stripped end of a conductor to be connected can be attached.
  • connection area extends in the longitudinal direction of the contact legs, then the conductor entry opening is open arranged on the top of the housing and an electrical conductor to be connected is inserted into the connection terminal perpendicular to the plane of the circuit board.
  • connection area of the plug contact is bent perpendicularly - or at an angle not equal to 90 ° - to the longitudinal direction of the contact legs, so that the conductor entry opening is then arranged accordingly on one end of the housing.
  • a further advantageous embodiment provides that several adjustment elements are formed on the underside of the housing, which are inserted into corresponding recesses in the circuit board when the connection terminal is placed on the circuit board.
  • the ends of the adjusting elements are preferably conical, which makes it easier to insert the adjusting elements into the corresponding recesses in the circuit board.
  • the length of the adjustment elements is chosen so that when the connection terminal is placed on the circuit board, the free ends of the adjustment elements first engage in the corresponding recesses in the circuit board before the contact areas of the contact legs of the plug contact dip into the corresponding contact holes in the circuit board.
  • At least two latching elements are formed on the underside of the housing, which engage in corresponding recesses in the circuit board.
  • Appropriate latching projections or latching lugs on the latching elements can ensure that the electrical connection terminal is securely attached to a printed circuit board after it has been placed on the latter.
  • the latching elements are preferably designed in such a way that they can be transferred from a first, non-latching state to a second, latching state and vice versa. This makes it possible to release the latching between the housing of the electrical connection terminal and the circuit board again, so that the electrical connection terminal can also be lifted off the circuit board again if necessary.
  • the Fig. 1 and 2 show a plug contact 1 for contacting a circuit board 2, for which purpose the plug contact 1 is inserted into a corresponding contact hole 3 in the circuit board 2.
  • the plug contact 1 punched out of a metallic flat material and bent over has two contact legs 4, 5 which are resilient relative to one another, a connection area 6 and a connection area 7, the two contact legs 4, 5 being connected to one another and to the connection area 6 via the connection area 7.
  • the contact legs 4, 5 each have one in the inserted state according to Fig. 2 the contacting area 4a, 5a contacting the contact hole 3, the outer contour 8 of the two contact legs 4, 5 in the contacting area 4a, 5a each having a circular segment-shaped cross-section, as shown in the enlarged cross-sectional view of a contact leg 4 inserted into a contact hole 3 according to FIG Fig. 3 can be seen. It can also be seen here that the radius of the outer contour 8 of the contact leg 4 is slightly smaller than the radius of the contact hole 3, so that damage to the inner wall 9 of the contact hole 3 when the contact legs 4, 5 are inserted into the contact hole 3 is prevented.
  • a plug contact 1 designed in this way enables significantly more plug-in and pull-out cycles than a plug contact in which the outer contour of the contact legs is straight in cross section.
  • a plug contact in which the outer contour of the contact legs is straight in cross section.
  • grooves can appear in the inner wall 9 of the contact hole 3, so that the surface of the inner wall 9 of the contact hole 3, especially if it has a coating, is damaged.
  • the outer contour 8 of the two contact legs 4, 5 in the contacting area 4a, 5a is also configured in the form of a segment of a circle in the longitudinal direction, so that the contacting areas 4a, 5a are convex.
  • the contacting areas 4a, 5a therefore only contact the inner wall 9 of the contact hole 3 with their central area, so that ideally there is only point-like contact between the contact legs 4, 5 and the contact hole 3. In practice, this theoretically point-like contact increases due to the surface pressure between the contact legs 4, 5 and the inner wall 9 of the contact hole 3 to a small, essentially circular area.
  • the contacting areas 4a, 5a have no sharp edges that come into contact with the inner wall 9 of the contact hole 3 due to their convex design, damage to the inner wall 9 of the contact hole 3 when the plug contact 1 is plugged in and pulled out is avoided. As a result, there is no coating applied to the inner wall 9, for example Tin still retained even after several plugging and pulling cycles of the plug contact 1 according to the invention.
  • the two contact legs 4, 5 have different lengths, with a guide section 10 being arranged at the free end 4b of the longer contact leg 4 which extends in the insertion direction E of the plug contact 1 in front of the free end 5b of the shorter, second contact leg 5 is located.
  • the guide section 10 serves as an insertion and centering aid when inserting the plug contact 1 into the corresponding contact hole 3 of the printed circuit board 2.
  • the guide section 10 has a wedge-shaped outer contour on its side facing away from the connection area 6 and facing the contact hole 3 during insertion that dips into the contact hole 2 when the plug contact 1 is inserted.
  • the two contact legs 4, 5 each have a first area 4c, 5c and a second area 4b, 5b which are arranged at an angle ⁇ to one another.
  • the angle ⁇ is approximately 90 °, so that the two contact legs 4, 5 are bent approximately in an L-shape.
  • the contacting areas 4a, 5a are formed on the second areas 4d, 5d, the width of the plug contact 1 being greatest in the area of the contacting areas 4a, 5a, so that when the plug contact 1 is plugged in, the two contact legs 4, 5 are maximally towards one another are bent, so that the normal contact force between the contact legs 4, 5 and the contact hole 3 is also at a maximum.
  • the plug contact 1 shown differs from the two in Fig. 4 illustrated embodiment variants of the plug contact 1 by a different configuration of the connection area 6. While in the Fig. 1 and 2 illustrated embodiment of the connection area 6 as a flatter Is formed current bar 6 ', the connection area 6 is in the embodiment according to Figure 4a as a crimp connection 6 ′′ and in the exemplary embodiment according to FIG Figure 4b In order to increase the surface pressure between a connected conductor and the current bar 6 ', this has several grooves 11 on the side facing the conductor Way to be electrically connected to the plug contact 1.
  • Fig. 5 each shows a variant of the two in Fig. 4 shown plug contacts 1, in which the two contact legs 4, 5 of the plug contact 1 are not angled, but extend in one plane.
  • the connection area 6 - corresponding to the plug contact 1 according to Figure 4a - Designed as a crimp connection 6 ′′
  • the plug contact 1 according to FIG Figure 5b the connection area 6 is designed as an insulation displacement connection 6 '".
  • the possible configuration of the connection area 6 is therefore independent of whether the contact legs 4, 5 are angled or extend in one plane.
  • Fig. 6 shows a preferred embodiment of an electrical connection terminal 12 according to the invention, which has a housing 13 that is usually made of plastic.
  • a plurality of conductor entry openings 14 and a corresponding number of plug contacts 1 are arranged in the housing 13, the contact legs 4, 5 of the individual plug contacts 1 protruding with their contacting areas 4a, 5a from the underside 15 of the housing 13 facing a printed circuit board 2.
  • a number of clamping springs 16 corresponding to the number of plug contacts 1 are also arranged as conductor connection elements in the housing 13 of the connection terminal 12, each of which has a clamping leg 17 and a contact leg 18.
  • Each clamping spring 16 is assigned to a plug contact 1 in such a way that the connection area 6 of a plug contact 1, which is designed as a flat current bar 6 ', together with the free end of the clamping leg 17 of the clamping spring 16 forms a spring-loaded terminal connection for an electrical conductor inserted into the housing 13 through a conductor entry opening 14 forms. Since the connecting terminal 12 is provided for connecting five conductors, five conductor insertion openings 14 are accordingly also formed in the housing 13.
  • actuating levers 19 are also arranged in the housing 13 so as to be displaceable. If an actuating pusher 19 is pressed into the interior of the housing 13, the actuating pusher 19 deflects the clamping leg 17 of the clamping spring 16 against its spring force, so that the clamping point can be opened and a connected conductor can be pulled out of the clamping point. If the terminal point is opened with the aid of the actuating lever 19, a flexible conductor can also be inserted into the terminal point.
  • connection terminal 12 can also have a tension sleeve 20 as a conductor connection element, which together with the connection area 6 of a plug contact 1 forms a screw connection for an electrical conductor to be connected.
  • connection types - spring-cage terminal connection and screw connection - are included in the Fig. 7 and 8th shown, with only one plug contact 1 together with a clamping spring 16 ( Figure 7a and 8a ) or with a pulling sleeve 20 ( Figure 7b and 8b ) are shown, that is, without the housing receiving the plug contact 1 and the respective conductor connection element.
  • Fig. 7 shows two plug contacts 1 according to FIG Fig.
  • the two contact legs 4, 5 are each bent in an L-shape.
  • the plug contacts 4, 5 are not bent, but extend continuously in one plane, namely in the insertion direction E.
  • the screw connection shown also has a screw 21 with which the screw connection can be actuated so that the stripped end of a conductor inserted into the tension sleeve 20 is pulled against the current bar 6 'by means of the tension sleeve 20.
  • a plurality of offset adjustment elements 22 are formed on the underside 15 of the housing 13, each of which protrudes beyond the underside 15 of the housing 13 and into corresponding recesses can be plugged into a circuit board 2.
  • suitable latching elements can also be formed on the housing 13, with which the housing 13 can be latched on a printed circuit board.

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  1. Contact enfichable (1) destiné à établir un contact électrique avec une carte de circuit imprimé (2) par insertion du contact enfichable (1) dans un trou de contact (3) de la carte de circuit imprimé (2), ledit contact enfichable comprenant deux branches de contact (4, 5) élastiques l'une par rapport à l'autre, une zone de connexion (6) et une zone de liaison (7), la zone de liaison (7) reliant les deux branches de contact (4, 5) l'une à l'autre et à la zone de connexion (6) et le contact enfichable (1) étant formé d'un matériau plat métallique, les deux branches de contact (4, 5) comportant chacune une zone de mise en contact (4a, 5a) qui vient en contact avec le trou de contact (3) à l'état inséré, le contour extérieur (8) des deux branches de contact (4, 5) dans la zone de mise en contact (4a, 5a) étant conçu sous la forme d'un segment de cercle en coupe transversale, le rayon du contour extérieur (8) étant inférieur au rayon du trou de contact correspondant (3) de la carte de circuit imprimé (2),
    le contour extérieur (8) des deux branches de contact (4, 5) dans la zone de mise en contact (4a, 5a) étant conçu sous la forme d'un segment de cercle dans la direction longitudinale de sorte que les zones de mise en contact (4a, 5a) soient convexes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les deux branches de contact (4, 5) ont des longueurs différentes, une portion de guidage (10), disposée avant l'extrémité libre (5b) de la plus courte branche de contact (5) dans la direction d'insertion (E) du contact enfichable (1), étant formée à l'extrémité libre (4b) de la plus longue branche de contact (4),
    et
    la zone de connexion (6) est conçue sous la forme d'une connexion à sertissage (6") ou d'une connexion coupante (6"').
  2. Contact enfichable (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les deux branches de contact (4, 5) comportent chacune une première zone (4c, 5c) et une deuxième zone (4d, 5d) qui sont disposées en formant un angle α et l'une par rapport à l'autre de sorte que les deux branches de contact (4, 5) soient coudées approximativement en forme de L, les deux premières zones (4c, 5c) étant adjacentes à la zone de liaison (7) et les zones de mise en contact (4a, 5a) étant formées au niveau des deuxièmes zones (4d, 5d).
  3. Borne de connexion électrique (12) comprenant un boîtier (13), un élément de connexion de conducteur et une pièce de barre omnibus, un conducteur à connecter pouvant être relié de manière électriquement conductrice à la pièce de barre omnibus au moyen de l'élément de connexion de conducteur, et une ouverture d'insertion de conducteur (14) destinée à l'insertion du conducteur électrique à connecter étant ménagée dans le boîtier (13),
    caractérisé en ce que
    un contact enfichable (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 2 est disposé dans le boîtier (13) de telle sorte que la pièce de barre omnibus soit formée par la zone de connexion (6) du contact enfichable (1) et les branches de contact (4, 5) fassent saillie, avec leurs zones de mise en contact (4a, 5a), de la face inférieure (15) du boîtier (13) qui est dirigée ver une carte de circuit imprimé (2).
  4. Borne de connexion électrique (12) selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce qu'une pluralité d'éléments de réglage (22), destinés à être insérés dans des évidements correspondants d'une carte de circuit imprimé (2), sont formés sur la face inférieure (15) du boîtier (13).
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