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US 8,282,426 B2Granted
Electrical contact for interference fit into housing
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorPeter Zweigle
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Abstract
An electrical contact (10), in particular for an electronic control unit (50), includes a number of contact pins (56) and at least one electrical cable (14) which has a connector lug (28). The connector part (12) is accommodated in an interference fit (44) in a receiving chamber (40) of a housing part (36) that includes at least one contact strip (64).
Claims7
An electrical contact (10) for an electronic control unit (50), comprising:
- a number of contact pins (56) for electrical connection provided thereon, the electrical contact (10) including at least one electrical cable (14) and which has a connector part (12) comprising a connector lug (28),
- wherein the connector part (12) is accommodated in an interference fit (44) in a receiving chamber (40) of a housing part (36) that includes at least one contact strip (64),
- wherein the connector part (12) has a first plane (32) and a second plane (34) that are offset relative to each other by a plane offset (26), wherein in the first plane 932), the electrical cable (14) is connected to the connector part (12), wherein the connector lug (28) extends in the second plane (34), and wherein the connector lug (28) in the interference fit (44) of the connector part (12) extends in an overhang (48) above openings (60) provided in the contact strip (64) for receiving the contact pins (56) of the electronic control unit (50) and guiding the contact pins (56) into engagement with the connector lugs (28), and wherein the overhang (48) is oriented perpendicular with respect to end faces of the contact pins (56) of the electronic control unit (50).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.