Flat Contact Socket
AssigneeTE Connectivity Germany GmbH
InventorsRudiger Meier, Jochen Fertig, Holger Stange, Joachim Toboldt, Niranjan Thirunavukkarasu
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Abstract
A flat contact socket comprises a connection section and a socket body connected to the connection section. The connection section has a continuous connection surface electrically connected to an electrical conductor. The socket body has a plurality of extensions connected to the socket body and a flat contact receptacle into which a flat contact can be inserted. The flat contact receptacle extends along a flat contact plane. The extensions are spaced apart from one another adjacent the socket body and extend away from the socket body to form the continuous connection surface.
Claims19
A flat contact socket, comprising:
- a connection section having a continuous connection surface electrically connected to an electrical conductor;
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- a socket body connected to the connection section and having a plurality of extensions connected to the socket body and a flat contact receptacle into which a flat contact can be inserted, the flat contact receptacle extending along a flat contact plane, the extensions spaced apart from one another adjacent the socket body and extending away from the socket body to form the continuous connection surface.
A connection assembly, comprising:
- a flat contact;
- a flat contact socket including a connection section having a continuous connection surface electrically connected to an electrical conductor and a socket body connected to the connection section, the socket body having a plurality of extensions connected to the socket body and a flat contact receptacle into which the flat contact can be inserted, the flat contact receptacle extending along a flat contact plane, the extensions spaced apart from one another adjacent the socket body and extending away from the socket body to form the continuous connection surface;
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- an electrical conductor conductively connected to the connection surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.