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US 6,056,605 AGranted
Contact element with crimp section
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsNgoc-Thach Nguyen, Helmut Bauch, Gunter Meyer
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Abstract
To reduce the risk of breakage and yet ensure good electric and thermal conductivity, pull-off strength and long service life of the connection, when connecting a contact element to a conductor (1) by crimping, the inner surface of the crimp section (6), in contact with the conductor (1), is provided with deformations that are grooves (2) and ribs running crosswise and obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the conductor (1).
Claims6
A contact element comprising:
- a crimp section having an inner surface;
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- deformations at the inner surface of the crimp section for contacting a conductor, the deformations including two groups of grooves and ribs, each of the two groups of grooves and ribs extending across the inner surface obliquely to a longitudinal axis of the conductor,
- wherein a first group of the two groups of grooves and ribs extends across the inner surface in a first direction, a second group of the two groups of grooves and ribs extending across the inner surface in a second direction and intersecting on the inner surface with the first group, the first direction being oblique to the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.