Patent · US Expired

Connector with piercing contact

US6935885B2 · kind B2 · utility

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1References

2Claims

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Assignee

Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH · DE

Inventors

Heinz Scherer · Bensheim, DE
Markus Strelow · Bad Kissingen, DE
Elke Werner · Darmstadt, DE
Andreas Woeber · Kronau, DE
Guenter Feldmeier · Lorsch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 2003
Grant date	Aug 30, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2107/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a connector for contacting the conductors of a cable. The connector includes a receptacle for receiving the cable and a contacting device which may be placed on the receptacle and which comprises at least one piercing contact for contacting a conductor of the cable. The contacting device is adapted to be placed on the receptacle such that the piercing contact comes to lie in a freely selectable position in the receptacle, in order to contact the conductor of the cable received in the receptacle.

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