Contact with an improved locking element
AssigneeTyco Electronics AMP GmbH
InventorGheorghe Hotea
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Abstract
A contact having a contact spring, a contact positioner, and a locking element. The contact spring having resilient contacts. The contact positioner receives the contact spring for connection to an electrical conductor. The locking element has a guide face with a locking side that maintains the contact in a housing. A cover covers the locking side to form a closed surface. A guide plate is integrally formed with cover and covers the lateral side of the guide face to form a closed surface. The cover and guide plate enlarge a seal opening of the housing to prevent the seal from damage by the locking element when the contact is inserted and withdrawn from the housing.
Claims20
A contact comprising:
- a termination section for connection of an electrical conductor;
- a contact section for contacting a complementary contact;
- a locking element having a guide face with a locking side for maintaining the contact in a housing;
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- a separate cover that covers the locking side to form a closed surface.
A contact comprising:
- a contact spring having resilient contacts;
- a contact positioner that receives the contact spring for connection to an electrical conductor;
- a locking element having a guide face with a locking side for maintaining the contact in a housing;
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- a cover that covers the entire locking side to form a closed surface.
A contact comprising:
- a contact spring having resilient contacts;
- a contact positioner that receives the contact spring for connection to an electrical conductor;
- a locking element having a guide face with a locking side for maintaining the contact in a housing;
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- a cover that covers the locking side to form a closed surface that enlarges a seal opening of the housing to prevent the seal from damage by the locking element when the contact is inserted and withdrawn from the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.