Connector for a high voltage connection inside an electrical device

Abstract

Disclosed is a connector for a high voltage connection inside an electrical device, especially for electrically connecting a heating plate to a printed circuit board inside a heating device. The connector has a plastic body and several metallic strips that each have two ends that protrude from the plastic body. The metallic strips form press-fit contacts at least at one of their ends, each metallic strip has a through hole that matches with a corresponding opening of the plastic body, and the plastic body has ring-shaped beads that each surround one of the openings. Also disclosed is a heating device having a heating plate, a printed circuit board, and such a connector electrically connecting the heating plate to the printed circuit board.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.