Patent · US Expired

Electric contact element

US6246000A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

11References

23Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Johann Wehrmann · Stuttgart, DE
Heinz Eisenschmid · Stuttgart, DE
Alexander Bareiss · Immenstadt im Allgäu, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 1999
Grant date	Jun 12, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 5, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R43/0221
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact element, in particular for making electrical contact to a sensing element of a gas sensor. The contact element has at least one connecting conductor, guided in a metal-sheathed line and contacted to at least one flexible connecting line. A connecting point between the at least one connecting conductor and the at least one connecting line is arranged in a contact housing that allows sealed and temperature-resistance contacting. The contact housing has at least one connecting element that is immovably joined to the at least one connecting line and may be contacted to the at least one connecting conductor. The at least one connecting element is arranged with an interference fit and in a form locking manner in the contact housing. The contact housing is enclosed by a temperature-resistant protective sleeve, which is joined directly to the metal-sheathed line (20,22) and to the at least one connecting line (20, 22).

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.