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US 7,341,473 B2Granted
Contact element and additional conduction chamber for a plug or socket
AssigneeHirschmann Automation and Control GmbH
InventorOthmar Gaidosch
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Abstract
A contact (1) for a plug or socket of a quick-connect plug connection, the contact (1) being held mounted in a contact holder (2) having a region for press-fit gripping a conductor, a wire holder (7) having at least one wire seat (7.1) for the end of a wire and the contact (1) engages the wire in the wire seat (7.1), where according to the invention the contact (1) has at least two press-fit arms (1.4) of curved and/or polygonal section that contact the wire generally axially.
Claims10
A quick-connect plug connector comprising:
- a tubular contact holder extending along an axis and formed with a transverse partition formed with a plurality of axially throughgoing seat holes;
- respective metallic contacts fitted to the holes and extending through the partition, each contact having to a rear side of the partition a pair of generally U-section axially extending arms concave toward each other and separated by an axially rearwardly open split tapering forward toward the partition and to a front side of the partition a contact part;
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- a wire holder in the contact holder rearward of the partition and formed with respective wire-holding passages dimensioned to receive and grip respective wires with conductors of the wires wedged in the respective splits.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.