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Electrical connector arrangement for knife contacts

US7648371B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH · DE

Inventors

Matthias Boensch · Bielefeld, DE
Thorsten Beck · Mainburg, DE
Klaus Pueschner · Detmold, DE
Klaus Holterhoff · Olpe, DE
Jim Cahaly · West Newbury, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 2, 2008
Grant date	Jan 19, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 2, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/50
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connecting arrangement includes a locator device mounted on a photovoltaic panel for relatively positioning a connector housing such that a resilient contact on the connector housing is arranged for electrical connection with a stationary rigid contact on the photovoltaic panel that extends in space relation within a chamber contained in the locator device, connection being made via an access opening contained in the locator device. Preferably, the stationary contact is a knife contact having a rectangular configuration defining a pair of parallel end edges that are supported by a pair of support slots defined in the opposed walls of the access opening, thereby to support the stationary contact during the engagement thereof by the resilient contact.

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