IP Library Granted Patent US 6,979,235
Granted Patent B2
US 6,979,235 · App. 10/732,122 · Granted Dec 27, 2005

Electrical plug-in connector with a housing and a high-current contact

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Patent No.
US 6,979,235
App. No.
10/732,122
Granted
Dec 27, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical plug-in connector consists of a housing and a high-current socket. The high-current socket is formed by a contact segment consisting of contact tongues, an intermediate segment, and an attachment segment, whereby the material thickness of the attachment segment is greater than the material thickness of the intermediate segment and the contact segment. A counter-contact surface for interaction with this change in the material thickness, which is configured in the form of a step, is provided in the housing. Furthermore, the high-current socket is fixed in place in the housing by means of resilient tongues on the intermediate segment, and a catch projection in the recess in the housing.

Claims (13)

1. A high-current socket for an electrical plug-in connection that has an insulating housing for accommodating the socket, said socket comprising:

a contact segment formed by several resilient contact tongues;

an intermediate segment having a resilient tongue that projects slightly radially away from said socket;

an attachment segment having devices for attaching the high-current socket to another component and a guide projections formed on the attachment segment, said projections interacting with guide grooves disposed outside of the housing to align the socket in the housing;

wherein said segments are formed in one piece with one another from a material cut-out; and

wherein a material thickness (t 2 ) of the attachment segment is greater than a material thickness (t 1 ) of the intermediate segment and the contact segment, thereby forming a step, which fixes an axial position of the socket in the housing when the socket is inserted into the housing.

2. A high-current socket according to claim 1 , wherein the contact tongues are straight over a lengthwise expanse and have no kinks.

3. A high-current socket according to claim 1 , wherein several guide projections are formed on the attachment segment.

4. A high-current socket according to claim 1 , wherein the contact tongues are straight over a lengthwise expanse and have no kinks, and wherein several guide projections are formed on the attachment segment.

5. A high-current socket according to claim 1 , wherein the devices on the attachment segment are solder pins, a press-in zone, or an SMD contact region.

6. A high-current socket according to claim 1 , wherein the contact tongues are uniformly inclined towards one another towards their free ends.

7. A high-current socket according to claim 1 , wherein the contact tongues have a conical widening at their free ends.

8. A high-current socket according to claim 1 , wherein the tongues on the intermediate segment are flat and embossed.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2014
From: ERNI ELEKTROAPPARATE GMBH
To: ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH
Reel/Frame 032725/0230 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2014
From: ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG
To: ERNI PRODUCTION GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 032725/0245 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 22, 2014
From: ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH
To: ERNI ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 032725/0259 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2004
From: LAPPOHN, JURGEN
To: ERNI ELEKTROAPPARATE GMBH
Reel/Frame 015306/0090 →