Connecting device
AssigneeHirschmann Electronics GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsBernd Hagmann, Peter Kuhn, Othmar Gaidosch
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Abstract
A connecting device (1) for electrically connecting to at least two electrical conductors (39, 49) in a housing (2) having a tubular connecting plug (3), with a contact holder (10) in the tubular connecting plug (3), the contact holder (10) having contact elements (12) passed through recesses (14) in conductor holders (5) to make contact with the conductors. The connecting device (1) can be expanded into an array of connecting networks with, for example, plug-in connectors, cable bolted assemblies and connecting elements.
Claims29
A connection device for making electrical connections to a plurality of electrical conductors comprising:
- a housing including a tubular connection plug having at least two outwardly projecting tubular threaded connecting sleeves disposed from said connection plug;
- a conductor holder disposed in each of the connecting sleeves with each of said conductor holders having at least one axial channel in which a conductor can be disposed, each of said conductor holders extend into a connecting area in said housing, at least one recess is provided into each of said conductor holders, said recesses extend from said connecting area into said conductor holders and are transverse to the axial channels to form contact-making sites in said axial channels;
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- a contact carrier disposed in said connection plug, said contact carrier including at least two contact elements disposed to extend from said contact carrier into the connecting area of said housing, each of said contact elements extend into a recess and connect to one of said conductors.
A method for making electrically connections to a plurality of electrical conductors comprising the steps of:
- providing a housing including a tubular connection plug and at least two tubular threaded connecting sleeves disposed to extend outwardly from said connection plug;
- providing a conductor holder disposed in each of the connecting sleeves with each of said conductor holders having at least one axial channel in which a conductor can be disposed, each of said conductor holders extending into a connecting area in said housing where at least one recess is provided from the connecting area into each of said conductor holders, said recesses extending into and being transverse to the axial channels to form contact-making sites in said axial channels;
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- inserting a contact carrier into said tubular connection plug, said contact carrier including at least two contact elements disposed to be extended from said contact carrier into the connecting area and also into at least two of said recesses for connecting to two or more of said conductors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.