Patent · US Expired

Electrical contact assembly for connecting a battery to a circuit

US6984130B2 · kind B2 · utility

24Cited by

10References

6Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Lumberg Connect GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Michael Richter · Ottobrunn, DE
Dirk Pellizari · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 2003
Grant date	Jan 10, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 14, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/16
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact assembly has a dielectric mounting block having inner and outer faces, and a conductive contact unitarily formed of elastically deformable metal. The contact has a center web set in the block, an inner leg extending from the web past the inner face and elastically deflectable toward the inner face and toward the center web, and an outer leg extending from web and elastically deflectable from an outer position spaced well outward of the outer face and spaced from the web to an inner position extending at least partially inward past the web.

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