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Arrangement with a contact element

US7500857B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

10References

14Claims

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Assignee

ebm-papst St. Georgen GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Harald Schmid · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
Hermann Rappenecker · Vöhrenbach, DE
Wilhelm Weisser · Warnekow, DE
Ralf-Michael Sander · St. Georgen, DE
Alexander Hahn · Roetgen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2005
Grant date	Mar 10, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 26, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R12/58
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit board (20) is equipped with at least one conductor path (22) and a contact element (44). The latter is adapted to mechanically engage and electrically contact an electrical conductor (66). In the region of a conductor path (22), the circuit board (20) has passthrough orifices (24, 26, 28, 30, 32). The contact element (44) has a base part (46) and feet (34, 36, 38, 40, 42) which press-fit into the orifices (24 to 32) of the circuit board (20). The contact element (44) has a contact tongue (54) that is resiliently articulated on the base part (46) and clamps the electrical conductor (66). This makes possible a secure connection from the electrical conductor (66) to the circuit board (20), e.g. for connecting a device having a large current demand.

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