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Electrical contact element for a plug connector, plug connector and method for monitoring an electrical current flow

US11329436B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Marco Wolf · Wesel, DE
Michael Ludwig · Mannheim, DE
Martin Rieder · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 10, 2020
Grant date	May 10, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/14
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrical contact element for a plug connector includes an electrically conductive base body electrically connected to a mating contact element, the base body having a longitudinal axis extending along a plugging direction between the contact element and the mating contact element, and a first temperature probe and a second temperature probe arranged at a pair of different measurement regions of the contact element spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis.

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