Connector arrangement
AssigneeSiemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsPhilip Keith, Scott Spencer, Daniel Church
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Abstract
A connector assembly for an electrical connection, the connector assembly includes a plug and a socket. The plug includes a connector and a frame. The connector has a solid core conductor, the solid core conductor has an end portion. The frame surrounds the solid core conductor except for the end portion. The end portion is deformed to overlap the frame. The socket includes a socket conductor and a receiving portion into which the plug engages. The end portion directly contacts the socket conductor to form an electrical contact and causes the frame to deflect and provide a bias to force the end portion and the socket conductor into direct contact with one another.
Claims13
A connector assembly for an electrical connection, the connector assembly comprising:
- a plug, and
- a socket,
- wherein the plug comprises a connector, the connector comprises an axis, a solid core conductor, the solid core conductor has an end portion and a frame, the frame surrounds the solid core conductor except for the end portion, the end portion is deformed to overlap the frame,
- wherein the socket comprises a socket conductor and a receiving portion into which the plug engages,
- wherein the end portion directly contacts the socket conductor to form an electrical contact and causes the frame to deflect from the axis and provide a bias to force the end portion and the socket conductor into direct contact with one another,
- wherein the frame comprises a slot in its radially outer surface,
- wherein the end portion has a free end, the free end is located at least partly into the slot, and
- wherein the slot has a depth d sufficient such that the free end does not contact the socket conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.