Contact terminal

US7097518B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rudolf Kraemer · Herbstein, DE
• Werner Tille · Riedstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2006
• Expiry date: May 4, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R11/12
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A contact terminal, by means of which an annular connector or two connectors may be gripped, is described. The contact terminal comprises a housing with a pivotally mounted terminal element which may be biased onto a contact face mounted on the housing at a contact region. A holding element is provided in the contact region, to prevent a connector inserted into the contact terminal from being pulled out in the lateral direction. The terminal element has a terminal face to grip the connector against the contact face.