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Insulation displacement contact and a terminal strip or module and a series terminal comprising at least one insulation displacement contact

US6027361A · kind A · utility

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13References

24Claims

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Assignee

Quante AG · DE

Inventors

Klaus-Dieter Burmeister · Munich, DE
Norbert Gaertner · Ettlingen, DE
Stefan Wildner · Wuppertal, DE
Wolfgang Edelmann · Wuppertal, DE
Hans-Dieter Otto · Wipperfürth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 17, 1998
Grant date	Feb 22, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 17, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R4/2445
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An insulation displacement contact (10) comprises a contact spring (12) with two resilient contact shanks (20) that limit a contact slot (30), and a U-shaped force spring (14) formed as a separate component from the contact spring (12). The shanks (28) of the force spring (14) run largely perpendicular to regions of the contact shanks (20) and encompass same.

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