Patent · US Expired

Electrical connector

US6957972B2 · kind B2 · utility

21Cited by

11References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Cord Starke · Blomberg, DE
Valeri Reimchen · Altenbeken, DE
Markus Becker · Paderborn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 2, 2003
Grant date	Oct 25, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/622
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector includes a plug which is designed as a threaded sleeve for screwing on a union nut or for screwing into a stationary housing component of an electronic device. The external thread of the threaded sleeve has at least one threadless area provided in the plug-in direction into which a matching internal thread of a union nut or of a housing can be plugged in almost completely, in such a way that tightening of the threaded joint is reduced to one half or maximum a full revolution. The construction allows for the use of complete screw threads and thus the combination with standard connectors of the same commercially available size and type of connection.

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