IP Library Granted Patent US 9,608,368
Granted Patent B2
US 9,608,368 · App. 14/892,688 · Granted Mar 28, 2017

Contact device for establishing an electric contact between a printed circuit board and an electromotor

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Patent No.
US 9,608,368
App. No.
14/892,688
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for establishing an electric contact between two electric units, in particular between a printed circuit board and an electromotor, including at least one electric conductor and a plug-in body for receiving the conductor. The plug-in body has a plurality of positioning members for aligning the plug-in body relative to a recess in a receiving body.

Claims (14)

1. A device for establishing electrical contact between two electric units having at least one electrical conductor and a plug in body for receiving the conductor, wherein the plug in body has a plurality of positioning elements for aligning the plug in body with a recess in a receiving body, wherein the positioning elements have a base shape which tapers toward an edge of a contact face of the plug in body.

2. A device for establishing electrical contact between two electric units having at least one electrical conductor and a plug in body for receiving the conductor, wherein the plug in body has a plurality of positioning elements for aligning the plug in body with a recess in a receiving body, wherein the plug in body has a first contact face on which the conductor is arranged, and wherein the positioning elements are arranged on the first contact face.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning elements are arranged in a rotationally symmetrical fashion about the axis which runs perpendicularly through a center point of the contact face.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning elements are each arranged in pairs diametrically opposite one another on the contact face.

5. A device for establishing electrical contact between two electric units having at least one electrical conductor and a plug in body for receiving the conductor, wherein the plug in body has four positioning elements for aligning the plug in body with a recess in a receiving body, the four positioning elements each arranged on one of the center axes of a contact face of the plug in body and at the outer edge of the contact face.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning elements are embodied in the form of fins.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plug in body is embodied in the form of a cylinder and has an oval or rectangular base shape.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a sealing lip which is arranged around a lateral face of the plug in body.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the positioning elements are arranged essentially flush with an outer face of the sealing lip.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plug in body is formed from a base body and a second body which can be plugged onto the base body, wherein the positioning elements are arranged on the second body.

11. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plug in body is embodied in one piece with a frame for attaching the plug in body to a printed circuit board.

12. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positioning elements are fabricated with play of 0.01 to 0.03 mm with respect to the recess.

13. A device for establishing electrical contact between two electric units having at least one electrical conductor and a plug in body for receiving the conductor, wherein the plug in body has a plurality of positioning elements for aligning the plug in body with a recess in a receiving body, wherein the plug in body is embodied in one piece with a frame for attaching the plug in body to a printed circuit board, and wherein the frame has conductor tracks.

14. A control unit for a steering device of a motor vehicle having a printed circuit board and a device for establishing electrical contact between the printed circuit board and an electric unit, the device having at least one electrical conductor and a plug in body for receiving the conductor, wherein the plug in body has a plurality of positioning elements for aligning the plug in body with a recess in a receiving body.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070441/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2015
From: BERMEL, ANDREAS; SCHNEIDER, ROLAND; STRACK, MATTHIAS
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 037294/0370 →