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Connector part having hermaphroditic contact elements

US11316295B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

EPT HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG · DE
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Arndt Schafmeister · Dörentrup, DE
Ralf Geske · Steinheim, DE
Georg Brennauer · Wildsteig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 12, 2019
Grant date	Apr 26, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2107/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A connector part includes: a plurality of hermaphroditic contact elements for contacting associated hermaphroditic contact elements of a mating connector part, each of the plurality of hermaphroditic contact elements having a body, a first contact lug extending from the body along a first direction, and a second contact lug extending from the body along the first direction. The first contact lug and the second contact lug are offset from each other along a second direction that extends transversely to the first direction, and along a third direction that extends transversely to the first direction and transversely to the second direction. The connector part has, for each hermaphroditic contact element, a hermaphroditic contact element mirror-inverted to a first mirror plane spanned by the first direction and the third direction and a hermaphroditic contact element mirror-inverted to a second mirror plane spanned by the first direction and the second direction.

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