Relay socket
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsKlaus Lages, Hans-Joachim Koslowski, Joris Dobbelaere
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Abstract
A plug socket for relays has contact chambers that comprise plug slots open toward an upper base member side for the acceptance of flat plugs and into which plug jacks are inserted proceeding from the underside. These plug jacks have catch tongues branched off at both sides for latching in catch channels of the contact chambers. The contact chambers with the inserted plug jacks are narrower than the plug slots and are offset in alternation toward the ends of the plug slots. The oppositely applied catch channels are thus offset relative to one another in the partitions. In this way, more standard contact jacks can be accommodated in standardized contact chambers in the same space than present aligning arrangement of the contact chambers.
Claims7
A plug socket for at least one relay having flat plugs, said plug socket comprising a plastic base member having an upper side and a lower side, said base member including plug slots open toward said upper side of the base member for receiving an insertion of said flat plugs along a plug-in axis, each plug slot having a width corresponding to a width of the flat plug and a principle plane extending parallel and aligned with the principle planes of adjacent plug slots, said base member having contact chambers with each plug slot being in communication with a separate chamber and each chamber having a width less than the width of the plug slot, said contact chambers being displaced in alternation toward opposite ends of the width of the plug slots, each contact chamber having an opening extending toward the bottom side of the base member for receiving a plug jack, each plug jack having a pair of spring tongues projecting fork-like upward into the aligned plug slot, said plug jacks including catch tongues branching off opposite sides of the plug jack, and each contact chamber having catch channels for receiving the catch tongues, said catch channels being formed on opposite side regions of the contact chamber with the catch channels of adjacent chambers being offset relative to one another in a common partition extending therebetween with the amount of offset being in the direction of the widths of said plug slots and providing no overlap.
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