IP Library Granted Patent US 9,225,082
Granted Patent B2
US 9,225,082 · App. 13/261,449 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Device for electrically connecting a cable, in particular a plug-in connector part

Inventor: Erich Frank (Hochdorf, DE)
Assignee: PFISTERER KONTAKTSYSTEME GMBH
H01R9/05H01R4/183H01R2101/00
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Patent No.
US 9,225,082
App. No.
13/261,449
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device ( 11 ) for electrically connecting a cable, in particular a plug-in connector part ( 2 ), has a housing ( 48 ) in which a connecting element ( 78 ) can be mechanically fixedly connected to an inner conductor ( 53 ) of the cable. The device ( 11 ) also includes at least one fixing element ( 81, 85, 87 ) for immovably fixing the connecting element ( 78 ) and the inner conductor ( 53 ) of the cable in the housing ( 48 ) by positive engagement when a tensile force occurs.

Claims (36)

1. A device for electrically connecting a cable, comprising:

a housing;

a connecting element mechanically tightly connectable to an inner conductor of the cable;

at least one fixing element immovably fixing said connecting element, along with the inner conductor, in said housing by positive engagement resisting a tensile force thereon, said connecting element, said fixing element and said housing each including at least one contact surface oriented at an angle relative to an axial direction of said tensile force and the cable, respective ones of said contact surfaces contacting one another one of directly and indirectly to provide said positive engagement; and

an electrically deformable spring element preloading said connecting element within said housing in said axial direction.

2. A device according to claim 1 wherein

said connecting element is sleeve-shaped at least in sections thereof and is mechanically tightly connected to the inner conductor of the cable by clamping.

3. A device according to claim 2 wherein

said connecting element is pressed against the inner conductor of the cable.

4. A device according to claim 1 wherein

said fixing element comprises first, second and third parts arranged in succession in a direction of said tensile force and being one of in direct contact with one another, respectively, and in indirect contact with one another, respectively, with positive interposition of another element.

5. A device according to claim 4 , wherein

a connecting lead for a cable shield of the cable extends through two of said parts of said fixing element that are adjacent one another in the direction of said tensile force.

6. A device according to claim 1 wherein

said contact surfaces are perpendicular to said axial direction.

7. A device according to claim 1 wherein

said spring element contacts an intermediate element, said intermediate element being kept in contact with said connecting element by a reset force of said spring element.

8. A device according to claim 7 wherein

said intermediate element is sleeve-shaped at least in sections thereof.

9. A device according to claim 7 wherein

said intermediate element forms a shock protection for a contact element in said housing.

10. A device according to claim 9 wherein

said intermediate element comprises a sleeve projecting in an axial direction of said contact element.

11. A device for electrically connecting a cable, comprising:

a housing;

a connecting element mechanically tightly connectable to an inner conductor of a cable;

at least one fixing element immovably fixing said connecting element, along with the inner conductor, in said housing by positive engagement resisting a tensile force thereon; and

an elastically deformable spring element preloading said connecting element within said housing in a direction of positive contact with said fixing element.

12. A device according to claim 11 wherein

said spring element contacts an intermediate element, said intermediate element being kept in contact with said connecting element by a reset force of said spring element.

13. A device according to claim 12 wherein

said intermediate element is sleeve-shaped at least in sections thereof.

14. A device according to claim 12 wherein

said intermediate element forms a shock protection for a contact element in said housing.

15. A device according to claim 14 wherein

said intermediate element comprises a sleeve projecting in an axial direction of said contact element.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2012
From: FRANK, ERICH
To: PFISTERER KONTAKTSYSTEME GMBH
Reel/Frame 029188/0035 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2012
From: FRANK, ERICH
To: PFISTERER KONTAKTSYSTEME GMBH
Reel/Frame 029230/0547 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2010 014 981 · Apr 14, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130029539A1 · Jan 31, 2013