# US 2022/0037833 A1 · Contact arrangement and device with a base plate and a contact arrangement arranged thereon

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- Number: US 2022/0037833 A1
- Document ID: US20220037833A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/277,399
- Filed: 2019-08-27
- Published: 2022-02-03
- Earliest claimed: 2018-09-21
- Assignees: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
- Applicants: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
- Inventors: Frank Baur; Andreas Bernhardt
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220037833A1

## CPC

- H01R 13/631: for engagement only
- H01R 12/57: surface mounting terminals
- H05B 3/06: Heater elements structurally combined with coupling elements or holders
- H05B 3/26: heating conductor mounted on insulating base {(for transparent areas H05B3/84, H05B3/86)}
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A contact arrangement with a flat contact element with an upper side and an underside, the thickness of which decreases toward three of its edges from the upper side to the underside, and with a connecting element, which is electrically and mechanically connected to the contact element and is further away from the underside of the contact element than from its upper side. Also disclosed is a device with a base plate and a contact arrangement arranged thereon and a conductor track, which is formed on the contact element and a region of the base plate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A contact arrangement comprising a flat contact element with an upper side and an underside, the thickness of which decreases toward three of its edges from the upper side to the underside, and with a connecting element, which is electrically and mechanically connected to the contact element and is further away from the underside of the contact element than from its upper side.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The contact arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which the contact element is of a rectangular form, its underside being of a planar form and its upper side being of a convex form.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The contact arrangement as claimed in claim 2, in which the upper side of the contact element is planar in a central region and runs parallel to the underside and runs straight in the edge regions, so that the thickness of the edge regions tapers constantly toward the edge of the underside.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The contact arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which at least part of the connecting element and part of the contact element are surrounded by a plastic housing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The contact arrangement as claimed in claim 4, in which the plastic housing has bores for fastening to a base plate.

### Claim 6

A device with a base plate and a contact arrangement arranged thereon and a conductor track, which is formed on the contact element and a region of the base plate.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The device as claimed in claim 6, in which the conductor track is sprayed on.