Contact element for directly electrically contacting circuit boards
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorMarkus Kroeckel
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Abstract
In a contact element for direct electrical contacting of a contact surface on a circuit board, a front insertion portion is constituted by a metal sheet having two multiple-ply lateral edges located opposite one another, and having a center portion located therebetween and having fewer plies, in particular one ply, the two lateral edges extending with their outer peripheral edges parallel to one another and each being turned over at least once; and at least one of the two outer lateral edges having a projecting contacting protrusion for direct electrical contacting of a contact surface.
Claims20
A contact element for a direct electrical contacting of a contact surface on a circuit board, comprising:
- a front insertion portion from a perspective of an insertion direction, wherein the front insertion portion includes a metal sheet having two multiple-ply lateral edges located opposite one another;
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- a center portion located between the lateral edges, wherein:
- the center portion includes a fewer number of plies than each of the two lateral edges,
- the two lateral edges extend with outer peripheral edges thereof parallel to one another and each lateral edge is turned over at least once, and
- at least one of the two lateral edges includes a projecting contacting protrusion for direct electrical contacting of the contact surface.
A contact carrier, comprising:
- a plurality of contact elements inserted in an insertion direction for direct electrical contacting of contact surfaces on a circuit board, wherein each contact element includes:
- a front insertion portion from a perspective of an insertion direction, wherein the front insertion portion includes a metal sheet having two multiple-ply lateral edges located opposite one another;
- and
- a center portion located between the lateral edges, wherein:
- the center portion includes a fewer number of plies than each of the two lateral edges,
- the two lateral edges extend with outer peripheral edges thereof parallel to one another and each lateral edge is turned over at least once, and
- at least one of the two lateral edges includes a projecting contacting protrusion for direct electrical contacting of the contact surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.