Patent · US Expired

Panel mount connector

US5605479A · kind A · utility

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4References

6Claims

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Assignee

Whitaker & Company · US

Inventors

Rudolf Kramer · Herbstein, DE
Christian Schrettlinger · Bensheim, DE
Werner Tille · Riedstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 1994
Grant date	Feb 25, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/6456
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The connector comprises an insulative housing having a conductor connection section on one side of the panel and a mating section on the other side of the panel. The conductor connecting section comprises terminals arranged in two adjacent rows that are offset to provide a compact zig-zag arrangement. The terminals are separated by upstanding walls that form slots on the sides of the connector for receiving ring-tongue terminals that are clamped to the terminals by screws. To ensure a sufficient insulation between adjacent terminals, the walls must be made sufficiently long. In order to enable a compact juxtaposed assembly of connectors to a backpanel, the separating walls are slanted thereby forming a zig-zag outer profile of the connector sides such that sides of adjacent connectors interengage.

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