Patent · US Expired

Plug connector means with gripper rib

US6077094A · kind A · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

FESTO AG & CO. · US

Inventors

Jurgen Bock · Munich, DE
Peter RÜHLE · Waiblingen, DE
Jochen Franz · Reutlingen, DE
Walter Suchy · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 1998
Grant date	Jun 20, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 18, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2201/1059
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plug connector having a main body, which has at least one connecting unit including an opening delimited at the side of an elongated transversely elastic gripping rib. The opening constitutes a plug socket, into which a plug element may be inserted and acted upon by the gripping rib. The gripping rib has a concave shaped longitudinal edge portion facing away from the plug socket such that the width of the gripper rib increases toward the two ends of the rib.

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