Contact element and contact arrangement with front protection and method of producing the latter

US9787005B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Bluemmel · Bensheim, DE
• Helge Schmidt · Speyer, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49218
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electric contact element that has at least one crimping strap which is configured and arranged to reach around the outer circumference of an electric conductor, at least in sections, at least in a fully crimped state of the contact element. Furthermore, the invention relates to an electric contact arrangement that has at least one electric conductor and at least one contact element that has at least one crimping strap which is crimped, at least in sections, around an outer circumference of the conductor. Finally, the invention relates to a method of producing an electric contact arrangement, at least one crimping strap of a contact element being crimped, at least in sections, around an electric conductor. In order to seal an interior of the contact arrangement as simply and effectively as possible and with long-term stability against the penetration of corrosive media, provision is made according to the invention such that at least one front protection strap of the contact element is aligned running, at least in sections, transversely to the at least one crimping strap and rests against the latter, a front section of the electric conductor being …