Contacting device for a flat band cable
AssigneeWoertz AG
InventorChristian Gossmann
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Abstract
In order to achieve a high degree of protection, especially a degree of protection IP67 with the simplest possible sealing system in contacting device, a sealing ridge is provided on housing top, which cooperates with a gasket. For reliable sealing, this is preferably arranged continuously around a contact region and is forced into the preferably plate-like gasket in the installed state. During contacting of the conductors of ribbon cable, a contacting element, for example, of contact screw penetrates the gasket and in so doing displaces sealing material, which additionally contributes to sealing. The contacting device is preferably designed as an adapter for a field bus system or as a so-called “heavy rectangular plug-in connector”.
Claims15
For use with a single ribbon cable having conductors and an insulating covering, a contacting device comprising:
- a housing having a housing top and a housing bottom adapted to embrace the single ribbon cable;
- a plurality of contact screws carried by the housing top to be screwed into the ribbon cable and thereby contact the conductors of the ribbon cable by penetrating the insulating covering of the ribbon cable;
- a gasket in the form of a flat sealing plate located between the housing top and the ribbon cable to lie flat on an upper surface of the ribbon cable and individually surround the contact screws;
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- a sealing ridge projecting from the housing top, wherein the sealing ridge cooperates with the gasket to seal the contact screws, said sealing ridge having a cross section which tapers to a point in the direction of the gasket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.