Patent · US Expired

Electric contact assembly

US7044753B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

16Claims

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Assignee

RITTAL RES Electronic Systems GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Kurt-Michael Schaffer · Seckau, AT
Eike Waltz · Capitola, US
Werner Körber · Betzenstein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 22, 2002
Grant date	May 16, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/6583
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact assembly having a spring contact strip and a contact element, in particular, a subrack front panel. The spring contact strip has a contact limb that is bent over, with an end that can be freely pivoted. To improve the mechanical stability of the spring contact strip, the inventive contact limb extends an entire length of the spring contact strip.

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