Electrical connectors – Alternatively connected – Coupling part
Patent
1998-09-22
1999-11-30
Donovan, Lincoln
Electrical connectors
Alternatively connected
Coupling part
439289, H01R 2700
Patent
active
059932317
ABSTRACT:
An electric connector having at least one substantially striplike contact element includes a housing having a wall, a portion of the contact element extending from within the housing through the housing wall to the outside of the housing, and being formed thereat as a first flat contact extending along an outer side of the housing wall, the housing wall having, outside the housing, a recess formed therein and exposing at least parts of the contact element portion extending through the housing wall, the exposed contact element portion being formed at least partly as a second flat contact, and the recess being formed as a plug-in opening for a contact spring capable of contacting the second flat contact, the recess extending around the at least one contact element and having a portion thereof free of any contact element and formed so as to receive one of a pin and a strip of a counterconnector to be connected to the electric connector.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4703986 (1987-11-01), McCornick
patent: 5306163 (1994-04-01), Asakawa
patent: 5413506 (1995-05-01), Thompson
Donovan Lincoln
Duverne J. F.
Greenberg Laurence A.
Lerner Herbert L.
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
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