Flat terminal and socket for electrical plug-and-socket connection
AssigneeErich Jaeger GmbH & Co. KG
InventorKlaus Markefka
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Abstract
A flat terminal for a socket of an electrical plug-and-socket connection comprising: a terminal body formed by a metal strip; a connecting end extending from one of the axial ends of the terminal body; a contacting lug extending from the other of the axial ends of the terminal body, said contacting lug being bent back such that a gap remains between the terminal body and the contacting lug to form a resilient contact surface; and a protection against over-bending protruding into said gap to stop a movement of the contacting lug towards the terminal body in a defined distance from the terminal body.
Claims18
A flat terminal for a socket of an electrical plug-and-socket connection comprising:
- a terminal body formed by a metal strip;
- a connecting end extending from one of the axial ends of the terminal body;
- a contacting lug extending from the other of the axial ends of the terminal body, said contacting lug being bent back such that a gap remains between the terminal body and the contacting lug to form a resilient contact surface;
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- a protection against over-bending protruding into said gap to stop a movement of the contacting lug towards the terminal body in a defined distance from the terminal body, said protection being formed as a protrusion integrally formed with the plug body and extending therefrom;
- wherein the protrusion is formed by a ribbing extending in axial direction along the almost entire length of the terminal body and centered between lateral ends of the terminal body;
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- wherein the ribbing is formed in the terminal body such that the top of the ribbing extending into the gap between the contacting lug and the terminal body.
A socket for an electrical plug-and-socket connection, comprising:
- a socket housing;
- a plug-in opening in the socket housing for mating with a plug;
- a contact support at the bottom of the plug-in opening carrying at least one flat terminal;
- a connection opening in the socket housing disposed on the opposite side of the contact support for connecting a connection cable to the at least one flat terminal;
- wherein the at least one flat terminal comprises:
- a terminal body formed by a metal strip;
- a connecting end extending from one of the axial ends of the terminal body and being disposed in the connection opening;
- a contacting lug extending from the other of the axial ends of the terminal body and being disposed in the plug-in opening, said contacting lug being bent back such that a gap remains between the terminal body and the contacting lug to form a resilient contact surface;
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- a protection against over-bending protruding into said gap to stop a movement of the contacting lug towards the terminal body in a defined distance from the terminal body, said protection being formed as a protrusion integrally formed with the plug body and extending therefrom
- wherein said protrusion is formed by a ribbing extending in axial direction along the almost entire length of the terminal body and centered between lateral ends of the terminal body;
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- wherein the ribbing is formed in the terminal body such that the top of the ribbing extending into the gap between the contacting lug and the terminal body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.