Connector device and connection unit
AssigneeWeidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsRalf Schumacher, Torsten Diekmann, Christopher Smith, Matthias Niggemann, Jens Oesterhaus
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Abstract
A connector device for connecting at least one electrical conductor to at least one electrically conducting contact face of a circuit board includes a housing, at least one first connection unit and at least one second connection unit. The connector device has a SMD-capable contact geometry. The SMD-capable contact geometry has at least one first circuit board contact and at least one second circuit board contact with one spring arm having a respective contact projection.
Claims16
A connector device for connecting at least one electrical conductor to at least one electrically conducting contact face of a circuit board, comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) at least one first connection unit incorporating surface mounting device capability including at least one first circuit board contact comprising a first spring arm arranged in said housing and a first contact projection on a portion of said first spring arm;
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- (c) at least one second connection unit incorporating surface mounting device capability including at least one second circuit board contact comprising a second spring arm arranged in said housing and a second contact projection on a portion of said second spring arm, wherein the connector device has a surface mounting device capable contact geometry and said first and second contact projections each form at least one point contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.