Electric contact with roller contact bodies on opposing sides and plug connection having such a contact
AssigneeTE Connectivity Germany GmbH
InventorKarl Beck
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Abstract
An electric contact for an electrical plug connection includes a receptacle open against a plugging direction and adapted to receive a mating contact in the plugging direction and a plurality of roller contact bodies made of an electrically conductive material and projecting into the receptacle. The roller contact bodies are rotatably held on at least a pair of opposing sides of the receptacle and each form a part of a contact surface adapted to contact the mating contact.
Claims19
An electric contact for an electrical plug connection, comprising:
- a receptacle open against a plugging direction and adapted to receive a mating contact in the plugging direction;
- a plurality of roller contact bodies made of an electrically conductive material and projecting into the receptacle, the roller contact bodies are rotatably held on at least a pair of opposing sides of the receptacle and each form a part of a contact surface adapted to contact the mating contact;
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- a slide movable along the plugging direction, wherein the slide is movable between an initial position and a release position, and portions of the slide holding the roller contact bodies on the opposing sides are kept at a distance further from one another in the initial position than in the release position.
An electrical plug connection, comprising:
- a sleeve-shaped electric contact having a first contact surface;
- a pin-shaped mating contact complementary to the electric contact and having a second contact surface, the electric contact is adapted to receive the mating contact in a plugging direction and the first contact surface is adapted to contact the second contact surface, at least one of the first contact surface and the second contact surface is formed by a plurality of rotatable roller contact bodies each made of an electrically conductive material;
- a slide movable along the plugging direction, the slide having a driver projecting into a receptacle of the electric contact and adapted to engage the mating contact, wherein in a release position of the slide, the driver is moved out of the receptacle of the electric contact.
An electric contact for an electrical plug connection, comprising:
- a receptacle open against a plugging direction and adapted to receive a mating contact in the plugging direction;
- a plurality of roller contact bodies made of an electrically conductive material and projecting into the receptacle, the roller contact bodies are rotatably held on at least a pair of opposing sides of the receptacle and each form a part of a contact surface adapted to contact the mating contact;
- a slide movable along the plugging direction;
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- a housing, a portion of the slide is disposed in the housing such that the roller contact bodies roll on the housing during a portion of a movement of the slide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.