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US 7,458,864 B2Granted
Electrical plug connector having an internal leaf spring
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorEckhardt Philipp
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Abstract
In an electrical plug connector which includes an electrically conductive contact element having a plug accommodation provided for the insertion of a contact pin and having a contact lamella that laterally borders on the plug accommodation, as well as a leaf spring fastened to the contact element, which acts upon the contact lamella, the leaf spring is situated between the contact lamella and an outer wall of the contact element.
Claims8
An electrical plug connector comprising:
- an electrically conductive contact element having a plug accommodation provided for an insertion of a contact pin and having a contact lamella that laterally borders on the plug accommodation;
- and
- a leaf spring being fastened to the contact element between the contact lamella and an outer wall of the contact element, acting upon the contact lamella, and being situated between the contact lamella and the outer wall of the contact element,
- wherein the leaf spring is a strip of material separate from the contact element;
- and
- wherein the contact lamella is able to be deflected outwards up to making contact with the outer wall of the contact element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.