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AssigneeMC Technology GmbH
InventorsJoachim Borst, Eduard Betz, Hermann Stadler
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electrical connecting terminal with an insulating connecting terminal housing and one or more clip-on contacts for the conduction of electrical current.
Claims9
A connecting terminal comprising an insulating connecting terminal housing and at least one clip-on contact, such contact(s) positioned in the connecting terminal housing for the purpose of connecting an electrical conductor, wherein a contact element, which is connected in an electrically conducting manner to one or more of the clip-on contacts in the connecting terminal housing are led through a first opening of the connecting terminal housing to the outside of the connecting terminal housing;
- and, when the connecting terminal is mounted on the circuit board, said contact element comes into contact with a contact area of the circuit board, in order to produce an electrical contact between a circuit board and the one or more clip-on contacts, further comprising wherein the contact element has two leaf spring-like spring elements, which lend themselves well to making contact with a contact area, which is disposed on the inside of a contact opening of the circuit board and which are configured so as to extend at least in sections away from each other and then towards each other, wherein the distance between the free ends of the spring elements is less than the diameter of the contact opening, and then the spring elements are configured so as to extend away from each other, so that a lead chamfer is formed, wherein the longest distance between the spring elements is arranged outside the connecting terminal housing;
- and wherein the longest distance (a) between the spring elements is greater than the diameter of the contact opening, so that it is possible to produce a reliable contact between the contact element and the contact area on the inside of the contact opening.
A connecting terminal/circuit board arrangement comprising a circuit board and a connecting terminal with an insulating connecting terminal housing and at least one clip-on contact(s) that are positioned in the connecting terminal housing for the purpose of connecting an electrical conductor, wherein a contact element, which is connected in an electrically conducting manner to one or more of the clip-on contacts in the connecting terminal housing is led through a first opening of the connecting terminal housing to the outside of the connecting terminal housing;
- and, when the connecting terminal is mounted on the circuit board, said contact element comes into contact with a contact area of the circuit boar, in order to produce an electrical contact between the circuit board and the clip-on contact or the clip-on contacts, further comprising wherein the contact area is disposed on the inside of a contact opening of the circuit board;
- and that the contact element has two leaf spring-like spring elements, which are configured so as to extend at least in sections away from each other and then towards each other, wherein the distance between the free ends of the spring elements is less than the diameter of the contact opening, when the connecting terminal is not mounted on the circuit board, and then the spring elements are configured so as to extend away from each other, so that a lead chamfer is formed, wherein the longest distance between the spring elements is arranged outside the connecting terminal housing;
- and wherein the longest distance between the spring elements is greater than the diameter of the contact opening, when the connecting terminal is not mounted on the circuit board, so that it is possible to produce a reliable contact between the contact element and the contact area on the inside of the contact opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.