IP Library Granted Patent US 9,548,552
Granted Patent B2
US 9,548,552 · App. 14/079,207 · Granted Jan 17, 2017

Plug contact modules and plug contact arrangement for transmitting frequencies in the gigahertz range

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,548,552
App. No.
14/079,207
Granted
Jan 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plug contact arrangement is provided having a plurality of plug contact modules, including a plug socket module and a plug contact module. The plug socket module includes a base member and a socket contact section connected to the base member and having pair of contact members extending linearly and parallel with respect to each other and defining a contact blade receiving member there between. Each of the pair of contact members includes a contact face extending into the contact blade receiving member. The plug contact module is securable to the plug socket module and includes a plurality of lateral walls extending parallel to each other, a reinforcement member connecting the plurality of lateral walls, and a contact section extending from the plurality of lateral walls and having a contact blade having opposite contact faces to engage the pair of contact members.

Claims (34)

1. A plug contact module, comprising:

a base member;

a contact spring extending from the base member and having a resilient articulation section; and

a contact section extending from the base member and having a pair of contact members extending linearly and parallel with respect to each other and defining a contact blade receiving member there between, each of the pair of contact members having a contact face extending parallel with the contact spring into the contact blade receiving member and a spacing corresponding to a material thicknesses of each of the pair of contact members.

2. The plug contact module according to claim 1 , further comprising a stop extending from the base member and positioned between the contact spring and the base member.

3. The plug contact module according to claim 2 , wherein the contact face is curved inward toward the contact blade receiving member.

4. The plug contact module according to claim 3 , wherein the contact face extends over at least a height of the contact spring.

5. The plug contact module according to claim 1 , wherein the base member has a length at least equal to a length of the contact section.

6. The plug contact module according to claim 1 , further comprising a printed circuit board contact section disposed at one end of the base member opposite the contact section.

7. The plug contact module according to claim 6 , wherein the printed circuit board contact section includes a contact spring and a stop positioned in a recess between the contact spring and the base member.

8. The plug contact module according to claim 7 , wherein the contact spring is resiliently biased away from the contact section.

9. The plug contact module according to claim 1 , further comprising a receiving edge extending from the contact face.

10. The plug contact module according to claim 9 , wherein the receiving edge extends way from the contact blade receiving member.

11. A plug contact module, comprising:

a plurality of lateral walls extending parallel to each other;

a reinforcement member connecting the plurality of lateral walls;

a contact section extending from the plurality of lateral walls and having a contact blade; and

a printed circuit board contact section disposed at one end of the reinforcement member opposite the contact section and including a contact spring and a stop positioned in a recess between the contact spring and the plurality of lateral walls.

12. The plug contact module according to claim 11 , wherein a thickness of the contact blade is equal to a sum of thicknesses of the plurality of lateral walls.

13. The plug contact module according to claim 11 , wherein the contact spring is resiliently biased away from the contact section.

14. The plug contact module according to claim 11 , further comprising a chamfer disposed along both sides of the contact blade.

15. A plug contact arrangement, comprising

a plug socket module having:

a base member;

a contact spring extending from the base member and having a resilient articulation section; and

a socket contact section connected to the base member and having a pair of contact members extending linearly and parallel with respect to each other and defining a contact blade receiving member there between, each of the pair of contact members having a contact face extending parallel with the contact spring into the contact blade receiving member; and

a plug contact module securable to the plug socket module and having:

a plurality of lateral walls extending parallel to each other;

a reinforcement member connecting the plurality of lateral walls; and

a contact section extending from the plurality of lateral walls and having a contact blade having opposite the contact faces to engage the pair of contact members.

16. A plug contact module, comprising:

a base member;

a contact spring extending from the base member and having a resilient articulation section; and

a contact section extending from the base member and having a pair of contact members extending linearly and parallel with respect to each other, extending orthogonally with respect to the contact spring, and defining a contact blade receiving member there between, each of the pair of contact members having a contact face extending into the contact blade receiving member and a spacing corresponding to a material thicknesses of each of the pair of contact members.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2015
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
To: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 036617/0856 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2014
From: KRAEMER, RUDOLF; ABOULKASSEM, MOHAMED; BERGNER, BERT; ZECH, KONSTANTIN; HASS, SABINE; SCHRETTLINGER, CHRISTIAN
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
Reel/Frame 033136/0530 →