Power-electric contact device; exchangeable power-electric contact module as well as power-electric connector
AssigneeTE Connectivity Germany GmbH
InventorsPeter Kraemer, Dusan Ondrej
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Abstract
A contact for an electrical connector having a connecting section a contact section. The connecting section has a connecting mounting member. The contact section has a contact mounting member engageable with the connecting mounting member of the connecting section. The contact section is separable from the connecting section, electrically connectable to the connecting section at a contact region, and detachably mechanically connectable to the connecting section at the contact region.
Claims11
A contact for an electrical connector, comprising:
- a connecting section having a connecting mounting member, a second housing seat mountable at a connector housing, and a connecting collar disposed between the second housing seat and an end of the connecting mounting member;
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- a contact section:
- (a) having a contact mounting member engageable with the connecting mounting member of the connecting section, a first housing seat mountable at a contact section receptacle of a contact module, and a contact collar disposed between the first housing seat and an end of the contact mounting member,
- (b) separable from the connecting section,
- (c) electrically connectable to the connecting section at a contact region, and
- (d) detachably mechanically connectable to the connecting section at the contact region, the connecting collar abutting the contact collar to provide a stop limiting insertion of the connecting mounting member into the contact mounting member along an axial direction of the contact.
A contact module for an electrical connector, comprising:
- an insert housing having a base plate having a plurality of contact section receptacles and a plurality of protective sleeves extending away from the base plate, one of the plurality of contact section receptacles disposed in each of the plurality of protective sleeves;
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- a plurality of contacts having a plurality of contact sections adapted to engage a plurality of mating contacts of a mating connector and a plurality of connecting sections separable from the contact sections, the plurality of contact sections disposed in the plurality of contact section receptacles, the plurality of protective sleeves only containing the contact sections.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a connector housing having a connecting section receptacle;
- a contact module including an insert housing having a contact section receptacle, the contact module is removably disposed in the connector housing;
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- a contact having:
- a contact section disposed in the contact section receptacle and having a contact mounting member, a first housing seat mountable at the contact section receptacle, and a contact collar disposed between the first housing seat and an end of the contact mounting member;
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- a connecting section separable from the contact section and disposed in the connecting section receptacle, the connecting section having a connecting mounting member, a second housing seat mountable at the connector housing, and a connecting collar disposed between the second housing seat and an end of the connecting mounting member, the contact mounting member engageable with the connecting mounting member and the connecting collar abutting the contact collar to provide a stop limiting insertion of the connecting mounting member into the contact mounting member along an axial direction of the contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.