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High-current plug-in connector

US8764489B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 9, 2011
Grant dateJul 1, 2014
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/187
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high-current plug-in connector for transmitting electrical currents, having a housing made of electrically conducting material, designed to mechanically and electrically connect to a cable, the housing having at least one open side for inserting a mating plug-in connector made of an electrically conducting material, and forming a chamber for accommodating the mating plug-in connector, and at least one contact element, which is arranged on the housing and designed so that the contact element establishes an electrical contact having a contact area and a contact pressure between the housing and the mating plug-in connector inserted into the housing, wherein the contact element is designed as a coil spring.

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