Clip like contact element
A cliplike contact element which can be used to provide an electrical contact between an antenna amplifier mounted on a body of an automotive vehicle and an antenna structure on a window of the vehicle has two interfitting contact partners with the outer contact partner having at least an electrically-conductive surface hugging the conductive surface of the inner contact partner. The contact partners can be bonded, e.g. by soldering to respective conductors.
1. An antenna assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:
an antenna amplifier having a printed circuit board with at least one electrical conductor and mounted on a body of an automotive vehicle;
an antenna on a window of said vehicle having at least another electrical conductor; and
a device for making electrical contact between said conductors and for simultaneously securing said antenna amplifier to the body of the automotive vehicle, said device comprising:
a first contact partner having a contact face secured to and electrically connected with said one electrical conductor, and
a second contact partner having a contact face secured to and electrically connected with said other electrical conductor, one of said contact partners having an electrically conductive surface at least partly formfittingly surrounding and releasably embracing a corresponding electrically conductive surface of the other contact partner, one of said contact partners having a row of teeth and the other contact partner having a tooth engageable in said row for securing said contact partners together with a selected spacing between said faces.
2. The antenna assembly defined in claim 1 wherein at least one of said contact faces is soldered to the respective electrical conductor.
3. The antenna assembly defined in claim 1 wherein at least one of said contact faces is bonded to the respective electrical conductor with a conductive adhesive.
4. The antenna assembly defined in claim 1 wherein both of said contact partners are cup shaped and fit one into the other.
5. An antenna assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:
an antenna amplifier having a printed circuit board with at least one electrical conductor and mounted on a body of an automotive vehicle;
an antenna on a window of said vehicle having at least another electrical conductor; and
a device for making electrical contact between said conductors and for simultaneously securing said antenna amplifier to the body of the automotive vehicle, said device comprising:
a first contact partner having a contact face secured to and electrically connected with said one electrical conductor, and
a second contact partner having a contact face secured to and electrically connected with said other electrical conductor, one of said contact partners having an electrically conductive surface at least partly formfittingly surrounding and releasably embracing a corresponding electrically conductive surface of the other contact partner, one of said contact partners being generally cup shaped and formed with a mouth receiving the other contact partner and provided with a plurality of slits running to said mouth.
6. The antenna assembly defined in claim 5 wherein a collar is provided around said mouth and a pressure ring is provided in said collar.
7. The antenna assembly defined in claim 5 wherein at least one of said contact faces is soldered to the respective electrical conductor.
8. The antenna assembly defined in claim 5 wherein at least one of said contact faces is bonded to the respective electrical conductor with a conductive adhesive.