Contact element for a plug arrangement in a bus system, more particularly an externally routed bus system
AssigneeWeidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsStefan Aporius, Bernd Van Giesen
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Abstract
A resilient conductive contact spring is bent to define at least three tulip-shaped receptacles for receiving conductive devices that are to be electrically connected together by the contact spring. The contact spring can be included in a socket arrangement for connecting an electrical component mounted within a housing with a bus bar power supply system arranged outside the housing.
Claims12
1-12. (canceled)
A resilient electrical contact for connecting an electrical component with a bus bar system arranged externally of a housing, comprising:
- (a) a contact spring formed from a sheet of resilient conductive material, said contact spring being reversely bent to define at least three open-ended generally tulip-shaped receptacles each having a pair of generally parallel longitudinal leg portions connected at one end by a transverse connecting portion,
- (b) said contact spring being operable to electrically connect a conductor inserted in one receptacle of said contact spring with a bus bar inserted into another receptacle of said contact spring;
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- (c) at least two bus bars arranged collinearly longitudinally in end-to-end relation, the adjacent ends of said bus bars extending into a single common receptacle of, and in electrical engagement with, said contact spring.
A resilient electrical contact for connecting an electrical component with a bus bar system arranged externally of a housing, comprising:
- (a) a contact spring formed from a sheet of resilient conductive material, said contact spring being reversely bent to define at least three open-ended generally tulip-shaped receptacles each having a pair of generally parallel longitudinal leg portions connected at one end by a transverse connecting portion,
- (b) said contact spring being operable to electrically connect a conductor inserted in one receptacle of said contact spring with a bus bar inserted into another receptacle of said contact spring;
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- (c) at least two parallel laterally-spaced bus bars arranged in end-overlapping relation, the adjacent ends of said bus bars extending into separate receptacles of, and in electrical engagement with, said spring contact.
A resilient electrical contact for connecting an electrical component with a bus bar system arranged externally of a housing, comprising:
- (a) a contact spring formed from a sheet of resilient conductive material, said contact spring being reversely bent to define at least three open-ended generally tulip-shaped receptacles 9 each having a pair of generally parallel longitudinal leg portions connected at one end by a transverse connecting portion,
- (b) said contact spring being operable to electrically connect a conductor inserted in one receptacle of said contact spring with a bus bar inserted into another receptacle of said contact spring;
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- (c) a resilient generally U-shaped cover spring partially enclosing said contact spring and operable to bias together the outermost longitudinal legs of said contact spring, said cover spring having:
- (1) a pair of longitudinal leg portions extending adjacent the outer surfaces of the outermost longitudinal leg portions of said contact spring, and
- (2) a transverse portion connected between a pair of adjacent ends of said cover longitudinal leg portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.