Flat Terminal and Socket for Electrical Plug-and-Socket Connection
AssigneeErich Jaeger GmbH & Co. KG
InventorKlaus Markefka
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Abstract
A flat terminal for a socket of an electrical plug-and-socket connection comprising: a terminal body formed by a metal strip; a connecting end extending from one of the axial ends of the terminal body; a contacting lug extending from the other of the axial ends of the terminal body, said contacting lug being bent back such that a gap remains between the terminal body and the contacting lug to form a resilient contact surface; and a protection against over-bending protruding into said gap to stop a movement of the contacting lug towards the terminal body in a defined distance from the terminal body.
Claims39
A flat terminal for a socket of an electrical plug-and-socket connection comprising:
- a terminal body formed by a metal strip;
- a connecting end extending from one of the axial ends of the terminal body;
- a contacting lug extending from the other of the axial ends of the terminal body, said contacting lug being bent back such that a gap remains between the terminal body and the contacting lug to form a resilient contact surface;
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- a protection against over-bending protruding into said gap to stop a movement of the contacting lug towards the terminal body in a defined distance from the terminal body.
A socket for an electrical plug-and-socket connection, comprising:
- a socket housing;
- a plug-in opening in the socket housing for mating with a plug;
- a contact support at the bottom of the plug-in opening carrying at least one flat terminal;
- a connection opening in the socket housing disposed on the opposite side of the contact support for connecting a connection cable to the at least one flat terminal;
- wherein the at least one flat terminal comprises:
- a terminal body formed by a metal strip;
- a connecting end extending from one of the axial ends of the terminal body and being disposed in the connection opening;
- a contacting lug extending from the other of the axial ends of the terminal body and being disposed in the plug-in opening, said contacting lug being bent back such that a gap remains between the terminal body and the contacting lug to form a resilient contact surface;
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- a protection against over-bending protruding into said gap to stop a movement of the contacting lug towards the terminal body in a defined distance from the terminal body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.