Patent · US Expired

Electrical plug-in connector with at least one insulation displacement contact element consisting of a sheet metal stamping, and corresponding mating connector

US6616476B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 8, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 30, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R4/2462
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an electrical plug connector comprising at least one plug connector housing and at least one insulation displacement contact element that can be plugged into the plug connector housing and comprises a sheet-metal stamping, which element has a contact baseplate, on which, on mutually opposite edges, a first contact plate and a second contact plate are integrally formed in one piece in a manner such that they are bent away in the same direction via a respective bending zone, the contact plates each having an insulation displacement contact device for a conductor wire, and contact-making elements for forming a contact-making device for making releasably pluggable contact with a mating plug contact element being provided on the insulation displacement contact element, in which case at least one contact plate is embodied as a contact arm in which the insulation displacement contact device is accommodated at its bending zone end region and whose free end has at least one element of the contact-making device, and to a mating plug connector having a mating plug connector housing which has a connection region, located in which there is at least one mating insulation…

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