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Electrical contact element with a finely structured contact surface

US9837741B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Soenke Sachs · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Volker Seipel · Bensheim, DE
Helge Schmidt · Speyer, DE
Viktor Holzmann · Nieder-Olm, DE
Felix Greiner · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 26, 2016
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 26, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R4/58
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical contact element is disclosed. The electrical contact element includes a contact surface of an electrically conductive contact body having a plurality of coated regions with a first coating and a plurality of uncoated regions without the first coating, the coated regions and uncoated regions arranged in an alternating manner in a variation direction along the contact surface.

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