Female connector for electrical connectors having a coding rib
AssigneeFramatome Connectors International
InventorsHans Otto Geltsch, Harald Lutsch
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a female connector (1) for electrical connectors having a sheet-metal frame (2) which is in the form of a box and has contact spring elements (3) and a connecting part (4) for a cable end, and having a reinforcing cage (5) which is attached via the sheet-metal frame, is in the form of a box and has a coding rib (6). The reinforcing cage (5) is folded from sheet steel such that the coding rib is formed by bending the metal sheet to form a profile having rounded edges, while avoiding outward-pointing sharp edges.
Claims6
Female contact for electrical connectors, said contact comprising:
- a sheet-metal frame which is in the form of a box having contact spring elements and a connecting part for a cable end;
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- a reinforcing cage which is attached to the sheet-metal frame, said reinforcing cage being formed from a folded metal sheet having four bending folds, said reinforcing cage being in the form of a box having four sides joined by rounded edges formed by said bending folds and including a coding rib in one of said sides, said one of said sides including a first flap having a longitudinal edge of the metal sheet which overlaps a second flap of the metal sheet, said coding rib being formed by said overlapped flaps and having a rounded profile with no outwardly pointing sharp edge of the metal sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.