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US 5,971,817 AGranted
Contact spring for a plug-in connector
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJacques Longueville
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Abstract
A contact spring for a plug-in connector includes spring legs (2,3) which are disposed and constructed in such a way that they are capable of exerting a compressive force from opposite sides on a contact blade (20) inserted in between and of thereby establishing contact with the contact blade. The spring legs (2,3) are disposed laterally offset with respect to each other in such a way that they do not overlap each other in the respective directions of compressive force.
Claims7
A contact spring for a plug-in connector, comprising:
- a common supporting portion having a first region and a second region laterally offset from said second region, said common portion having a substantially Z-like staggered shape, said first region and said second region forming opposite ends of said substantially Z-like staggered shape;
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- spring legs including a first spring leg extending from said first region of said common supporting portion, and a second spring leg extending from said second region of said common supporting portion;
- said spring legs disposed and constructed for contacting a contact blade inserted between said spring legs and for exerting a compressive force in given respective directions from opposite sides upon the contact blade, and said spring legs extending mutually laterally offset for preventing a mutual overlap of said spring legs in said respective directions of compressive force.
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