IP Library Granted Patent US 9,553,387
Granted Patent B2
US 9,553,387 · App. 14/790,306 · Granted Jan 24, 2017

Electrical connecting device with spring connection element and compact actuator and multi-pole plug connector comprising a plurality of said spring contacts

Inventor: Tito Alessandro Tedeschi (Bollate, IT)
Assignee: INDUSTRIA LOMBARDA MATERIALE ELETTRICO—I.L.M.E. S.P.A.
H01R13/42H01R4/4827H01R4/4836H01R4/4845H01R2201/20
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Patent No.
US 9,553,387
App. No.
14/790,306
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical connecting device ( 10 ) comprising an electrical insulating body ( 20 ) with at least one pair of longitudinal parallel seats ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) adapted to house, respectively, a connecting element ( 30 ) with a spring terminal and an actuator pin ( 40 ) having a cam profile oriented towards a spring ( 32 ) of the terminal to cause the opening and closure of the terminal by sliding into the corresponding seat, said spring ( 32 ) being a ring-shaped spring having a curved lower portion ( 34 ), a back ascending portion in form of a leg ( 35 ) engageable with a projecting portion ( 41 ) of said cam profile of the actuator pin ( 40 ) and an upper portion ( 36 ) with a slot ( 37 ) adapted to receive at least one electric conductor ( 60 ), wherein said cam profile of the actuator pin ( 40 ) has at least a tapered side ( 45 ) and a remaining ribbed portion ( 46 ), and that said back ascending portion in form of a leg ( 35 ) of the spring ( 32 ) has a corresponding groove ( 39 ) apt to house said at least one ribbed portion ( 46 ) of the actuator pin ( 40 ) in the maximum extroversion status of the spring, that is when the terminal is closed and empty.

Claims (17)

1. An electrical connecting device comprising:

an electrical insulating body with at least one pair of longitudinal parallel seats adapted to house, respectively,

a connecting element with a terminal having a spring fixed thereto, and

an actuator pin having a cam profile oriented towards said spring of the terminal to cause the opening and closure of the terminal by sliding into the corresponding seat,

said spring being a ring-shaped spring having a curved elbow-shaped lower portion which acts as a real spring,

a back portion, which is rear with respect to said terminal, and is continued with said curved elbow-shaped lower portion, said back portion being in a form of a leg ascending from said curved lower portion, said back portion being engageable with a projecting portion of said cam profile of the actuator pin, and

an upper portion with a slot or aperture adapted to receive at least one electric conductor,

wherein said cam profile of the actuator pin oriented towards said spring has at least one indentation and a remaining ribbed portion, and

wherein said back ascending portion in a form of a leg of the spring has a corresponding groove which houses said at least one ribbed portion of the actuator pin in the maximum extension status of the spring, when the terminal is closed and empty without a conductor.

2. The electrical connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein both the sides of the actuator pin have tapers delimited by an intermediate ribbed portion and wherein said groove provided on said back ascending portion in a form of a leg of the spring is a window able to house said intermediate ribbed portion of the actuator pin.

3. The electrical connecting device according to claim 2 , wherein an intermediate ribbed portion is centrally provided to the actuator pin.

4. The electrical connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein said actuator pin has a width not exceeding that of said connecting element with a spring terminal.

5. The electrical connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein said actuator pin has a side seat for insertion of a tool tip.

6. The electrical connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein said actuator pin has a longitudinal aperture oriented along the direction of said spring, configured to allow the insertion of a tester device probe for electrical measurements.

7. The electrical connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein said electrical insulating body comprises a base and a cover.

8. The electrical connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one conductor is a flexible or rigid one.

9. A multipole electrical plug connector incorporating a plurality of electric connecting elements having a spring terminal and actuator pins inserted in a rollaway fashion inside respective housing seats of the insulating body of the plug connector having the features according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2015
From: TEDESCHI, TITO ALESSANDRO
To: INDUSTRIA LOMBARDA MATERIALE ELETTRICO-I.L.M.E. S.P.A.
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Priority Claims (1)
IT MI2014A1287 · Jul 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160020543A1 · Jan 21, 2016