Patent · US Expired

Contact assembly

US7160139B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

8References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC · US

Inventors

Werner Biermann · Bad Sobernheim, DE
Yasar Semerci · Heilbronn, DE
Werner Deiss · Waiblingen, DE
Frank Gotthardt · Eitelborn, DE
Rolf Kunstler · Eisenach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 3, 2005
Grant date	Jan 9, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 3, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R12/721
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact assembly (11) for providing electricity to an electroluminescent display (12) that is mounted on an outer face of a carrier plate (10). The contact assembly includes contact pads (16) on the outer face of the carrier plate and a first connector (13) that has an insulative body (21) and a pair of contact elements (28) with outer ends (32, 31) that each engages one of the conductive pads (16). The outer end of each contact element and the contact pads, are surrounded by an outer body portion to safeguard against a person touching the contact element outer end.

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