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US 11,081,824 B2Granted
Contact element and contact system
AssigneeTE Connectivity Germany GmbH
InventorsHelge Schmidt, Waldemar Stabroth
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Abstract
A contact element comprises a contact box extending in a longitudinal direction of the contact element and delimiting a receptacle. The contact box includes a first box section, a second box section, a third box section arranged opposite the first box section, and a fourth box section arranged opposite the second box section. The second box section and the fourth box section each connect the first box section to the third box section. The first box section and the third box section are each configured in an elastic manner and the second box section and the fourth box section are each configured in a rigid manner. The second box section and the fourth box section are each inclined with respect to the first box section.
Claims21
A contact element, comprising:
- a contact box extending in a longitudinal direction of the contact element and delimiting a receptacle, the contact box including a first box section, a second box section, a third box section arranged opposite the first box section, and a fourth box section arranged opposite the second box section, the second box section and the fourth box section each connect the first box section to the third box section, the first box section extends perpendicularly with respect to the second box section and the third box section extends perpendicularly with respect to the fourth box section, the first box section and the third box section each extend in a plane along the longitudinal direction and a vertical direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, at least one of the first box section or the third box section is a tension spring, the tension spring including a grid structure comprising a plurality of recesses configured in an elastic manner elastically deformable in the vertical direction, the second box section and the fourth box section are each configured in a rigid manner.
A contact element, comprising:
- a contact box extending in a longitudinal direction of the contact element and delimiting a receptacle, the contact box including a first box section, a second box section, a third box section arranged opposite the first box section, and a fourth box section arranged opposite the second box section, the second box section and the fourth box section each connect the first box section to the third box section, the first box section and the third box section are each configured in an elastic manner elastically deformable in a vertical direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and the second box section and the fourth box section are each configured in a rigid manner, the second box section and the fourth box section are each inclined with respect to the first box section, the first box section and/or the third box section includes a grid structure and/or a fold, the grid structure includes a recess with a recess contour, the recess contour is at least in sections diamond-shaped and/or rectangular and/or square and/or polygonal and/or round and/or elliptical and/or circular and/or slotted, the grid structure includes a first recess, a second recess, and a crosspiece arranged between the first recess and the second recess, the crosspiece includes a first crosspiece section and a second crosspiece section arranged adjacent to the first crosspiece section, the first crosspiece section is arranged in an inclined manner with respect to the second crosspiece section.
A contact element, comprising:
- a contact box extending in a longitudinal direction of the contact element and delimiting a receptacle, the contact box including a first box section, a second box section, a third box section arranged opposite the first box section, and a fourth box section arranged opposite the second box section, the second box section and the fourth box section each connect the first box section to the third box section, the first box section and the third box section are each configured in an elastic manner elastically deformable in a vertical direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and the second box section and the fourth box section are each configured in a rigid manner, the second box section and the fourth box section are each inclined with respect to the first box section, the first box section and/or the third box section includes a grid structure and/or a fold, the grid structure includes a recess with a recess contour, the recess contour is at least in sections diamond-shaped and/or rectangular and/or square and/or polygonal and/or round and/or elliptical and/or circular and/or slotted, the grid structure includes a first recess, a second recess, and a crosspiece arranged between the first recess and the second recess, the second box section includes a first embossed structure having a first structure section and a second structure section, the first structure section is arranged offset from the second structure section transversely to the longitudinal direction, a first contact for electrically contacting a mating contact element is disposed on a side of the first structure section facing the receptacle, the fourth box section includes a second embossed structure having a fourth structure section and a fifth structure section, the fifth structure section is arranged offset from the fourth structure section transversely to the longitudinal direction, a third contact is disposed on a side of the fourth structure section facing the receptacle.
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