Connecting system for electric conductors

US5916002A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Karl Pfister Elektrorechnische Spezialartikel GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Gottschalk · Winkelhaid, DE
• Paul F. Deister · Brackenheim, DE
• Hans-Joachim Keller · Geislingen, DE
• Bernd Moser · Hamm (Sieg), DE
• Gunther Sobieray · Gerlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 1996
• Grant date: Jun 29, 1999
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R2201/26
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A connection system for electrical conductors, in particular insulated cas which are connected to electrical equipment, has at least one pin-and-socket connector comprising two plug-in multi-line contact elements. One contact element is designed as a pin while the other is designed as a socket. The element designed as a socket has tongues which extend in the longitudinal direction of the socket and flex in the radial direction. Each of the tongues has at least one part which extends in the longitudinal direction of the tongue and projects radially inward to make contact with a line. That part is formed by longitudinal edges of the tongues. The pin of each connection is contained in a first electrically insulated housing, and the socket of each connection is contained in a second electrically insulated housing, with the two housings adapted to plug into one another in a fluid-tight and eletrically integral fashion.