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US 12,155,162 B2Granted
Bus bar contact for attachment to a bus bar, and method for attaching a bus bar contact
AssigneeTE Connectivity Germany GmbH
InventorsChris Buechling, Frank Kaehny, Manuel Eheim, Marcus Wolf, Bjoern Hoffmann, Alexander Weber, Patrick Distler
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Abstract
A busbar contact includes a contact ring and a fastening element. The contact ring has a contact surface at a distal end and a press-in flange projecting radially. The press-in flange has a cylindrical contact surface pointing radially outward.
Claims15
A busbar contact, comprising:
- a contact ring having a contact surface at a distal end;
- a fastening element, the fastening element and the contact ring have complementary press-on surfaces that taper in a direction opposite to a direction of connection between the contact ring and the fastening element, the press-on surface of the contact ring is an inner surface of the contact ring and the press-on surface of the fastening element is an outer surface of the fastening element;
- and
- a counter element connecting to the fastening element, the counter element and the contact ring abut opposite sides of a busbar and the fastening element directly contacts the busbar.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a busbar having a hole;
- and
- a busbar contact fitted in the hole, the busbar contact including a contact ring having a contact surface at a distal end and a press-in flange projecting radially from the contact ring, the press-in flange having a cylindrical contact surface pointing radially outward, the cylindrical contact surface abuts against a mating pressing surface in the hole of the busbar, an edge of the hole is deformed to form a bead from a portion of the busbar that engages the press-in flange and secures the contact ring in the hole, the bead is formed from only the busbar;
- wherein
- the busbar contact has a fastening element received in the contact ring.
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A method for fastening a busbar contact to a busbar, comprising:
- providing the busbar contact including a contact ring having a contact surface at a distal end and a press-in flange projecting radially from the contact ring, the press-in flange having a cylindrical contact surface pointing radially outward;
- and
- positioning the press-in flange in a hole of the busbar;
- and
- reducing a size of an edge of the hole by deformation to form a bead from a portion of the busbar that engages behind the press-in flange and secures the contact ring in the hole, the bead is formed from only the busbar;
- wherein
- the busbar contact has a fastening element inserted into the contact ring and through the hole of the busbar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.