Contact arrangement for a connector, connector

US12255423B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE
• TE Connectivity Nederland BV · NL

Inventors

• Jeroen De Bruijn · Loon op Zand, NL
• Wijnand Van Gils · 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
• Martin Szelag · Emmelshausen, DE
• Peter Dirk Jaeger · 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
• Ulrich Buchmann · Bensheim, DE
• Franz Mueller · Fort Wayne, US
• Nick Ottenbros · 's-Hertogenbosch, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 2022
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2025
• Expiry date: May 1, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/6473
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A contact arrangement for a connector includes a plurality of contact elements each extending from a first connection side to a second connection side. A plurality of first end sections of a first subset of the contact elements contact a plurality of external elements in a first plane at the first connection side and a plurality of first end sections of a second subset of the contact elements contact a plurality of external elements in a second plane at the first connection side. The second plane is parallel to and spaced from the first plane in a height direction. A plurality of intermediate sections of at least some of the contact elements lie in a single common plane.