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Ribbon cable connector with a clamping device

US11936129B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Harald Kraenzlein · Dinkelsbühl, DE
Stefan Raab · Nördlingen, DE
Marina Hertlein · Niendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2022
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R12/69
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A ribbon cable connector is fixed at an end of a ribbon cable. The ribbon cable has a plurality of electrical conductors extending parallel and distanced to one another. The ribbon cable connector includes an insertion slot extending in a plugging direction and receiving the ribbon cable, a plurality of contact element receptacles extending parallel and distanced to one another, a plurality of structures in the insertion slot extending parallel to one another and aligned with the contact element receptacles, and a clamping device configured to clamp the ribbon cable in the insertion slot. An end of the insertion slot inside of the ribbon cable connector adjoins the contact element receptacles in the plugging direction. The structures are each separated from one another by a partition wall.

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