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Electrical contact element

US4564259A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1985
Grant dateJan 14, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 13, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/113
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electrical contact element designed to produce an electrical connection by interacting with a male element and including means for its connection to an electric circuit at one end while the other end is bent to form a channel with a base side, a top side opposite the base side, and an elastic strap which functions in gripping the male element, wherein the elastic strap has a first portion applied against the base side and prolonged by an inclined second portion which is bent in the shape of a hairpin and prolonged by a portion which extends towards the free end of the channel and towards the base side in such a way as to bear against a point on the top side.

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