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Electrical contact element for high-current plug connectors and manufacturing method

US8333625B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH · DE

Inventors

Guenter Feldmeier · Lorsch, DE
Horst Braun · Stuttgart, DE
Zoltan Lampert · Troisdorf, DE
Thomas Schnurpfeil · Meckenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2010
Grant date	Dec 18, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49208
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to high-current plug connectors, in particular to electrical contact elements for plug connectors of this type, which are distinguished by low heating even at high currents, and to a corresponding method for manufacturing contact elements of this type. According to the invention, for this purpose, the contact element is made in one piece by internal high-pressure forming from a tubular blank. As a result, the contact element has at each point substantially the same line cross section, so that no local electrical or thermal load peaks can occur.

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