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Seal-preserving contact element with a position securing element

US9799978B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dirk Duenkel · Bensheim, DE
Michael Schall · Heppenheim, DE
Gregor Panitz · Nieder-Olm, DE
Christian Schellhaas · Zwingenberg, DE
Volker Seipel · Bensheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2014
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 24, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/2442
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a contact element, made of an electrically conductive contact material. In order to provide a contact element which can be passed repeatedly and non-destructively through a housing or a seal of a plug connector in and/or opposite to a direction of insertion (E), a contact element is provided comprising a body extending in the direction of insertion (E) and a position securing element disposed on an upper side of the body, projecting upwards out of an opening in the body transversely to the direction of insertion (E), and that can be deflected elastically, the position securing element having a slope surface that is inclined against the direction of insertion (E), adjoining which, without any kinks or edges, are a curved section and an end section, and the end section ending with a free end within the cubature of the body.

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