EP 0069212 B1 19850904 - ELECTRIC CIRCUIT CONNECTING DEVICES
Title (en)
ELECTRIC CIRCUIT CONNECTING DEVICES
Publication
Application
Priority
US 27893181 A 19810630
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0069212A1] A connecting device for one or a large multiple of electric circuits comprises two dissimilar cooperating parts. Each circuit line to be interconnected requires one electrically conductive prong (10) and one stand of electric conductors (12) arranged substantially parallel to each other for permitting the prong (10) to be inserted between at least two of the conductors (12) and forcing a wiping contact between the prong (10) and the conductors (12). On inserting the prong between the conductors wiping contact is made between the conductors and the prong along the longitudinal axis of the two components. The required force for insertion is minimized in a structural relationship wherein the conductors are substantially elongated cylinders of conductive material and the prong is a figure of revolution, having a surface lying along a line defined by the equation of a uniformly loaded cantilever beam as represented by one of the conductors in wiping contact with the prong. This can be expressed by the equation Y = (WX<2>/24EI) (X<2> - 4LX + 6L<2>) where X is the dimension along said longitudinal axis, Y is the distance from that axis to a point lying on the curve, W is the constant force per unit length along said prong, E is Young's Modulus of said conductors, I is the sectional moment of inertia of said conductors, and L is the length of said conductors alongside said prong.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01R 13/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/33 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H01R 13/33 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0069212 A1 19830112; EP 0069212 B1 19850904; DE 3265993 D1 19851010; JP S587779 A 19830117; JP S6249705 B2 19871021
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 82103885 A 19820505; DE 3265993 T 19820505; JP 8172982 A 19820517