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US 9,437,951 B2Granted
Apparatuses and methods for a plug connector
AssigneeE.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH
InventorsHolger Koebrich, Uwe Koegel
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Abstract
A plug connector has a housing and a plurality of metallic plug connections in the housing together with a plurality of contact feet which project from the bottom face of the housing in order to make electrical contact and be mechanically fixed to a support of a heating apparatus which is electrically connected to the plug connector. A contact foot has a U-shaped foot end with two limbs and with a cutout in-between, an upper limb merging with the contact foot, and a lower limb being provided on that side which faces away from the housing.
Claims17
A plug connector comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of metallic plug connections in said housing;
- and
- a plurality of contact feet which project from a bottom face of said housing in order to make electrical contact and to be mechanically fixed to a support of an apparatus which is electrically connected to said plug connector, wherein one contact foot has a U-shaped foot end with an upper limb and a lower limb, said upper limb merging with said contact foot, with a cutout between said upper limb and said contact foot, and said lower limb being provided on a side of said contact foot facing away from said housing,
- wherein said cutout in said foot end faces inward between the limbs into a space in said bottom face of said housing in such a way that said foot end faces outward with a bend, and
- wherein at least two contact feet are provided on opposing lateral sides of said housing, wherein said at least two contact feet have opposing longitudinal directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.