Connection element for electrically contacting tension members in a load-bearing belt for an elevator system, and method for assembling the connection element on the belt

Abstract

A connection element for electrically contacting tension members embedded into a matrix material of a load-bearing belt for an elevator system has a frame with an upper part, a lower part and multiple electrically conductive contact elements. The frame is shaped to receive the belt in an interior space delimited at at least two opposite sides. The contact elements are formed as stamped and bent metal parts, and some regions of the contact elements are arranged in the upper part of the frame with other regions protruding from the upper part of the frame into the interior space, for example in the form of piercing tips, in order to contact the tension members embedded in the portion of the belt received in the interior space.

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