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EP 0290300 B1 19920722 - RAPID CONNECTING DEVICE FOR PRINTED CIRCUITS FOR MODULAR BOXES

Title (en)

RAPID CONNECTING DEVICE FOR PRINTED CIRCUITS FOR MODULAR BOXES

Publication

EP 0290300 B1 19920722 (FR)

Application

EP 88400768 A 19880330

Priority

FR 8706362 A 19870506

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0290300A1] The device comprises contact strips (13, 14, 15), one end of which penetrates into the terminal housing (5) and another end of which, following a path obtained by folding and/or cutting out, forms an elastic contact which bears against a contact pad (11) of the printed circuit board (8). <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

H01R 9/09; H01R 9/22

IPC 8 full level

H01R 9/22 (2006.01); H01R 9/26 (2006.01); H01R 12/04 (2006.01); H01R 12/51 (2011.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01R 12/515 (2013.01); H01R 9/22 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0290300 A1 19881109; EP 0290300 B1 19920722; AT E78635 T1 19920815; DE 3872933 D1 19920827; DE 3872933 T2 19930304; FR 2615045 A1 19881110; FR 2615045 B1 19920911

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 88400768 A 19880330; AT 88400768 T 19880330; DE 3872933 T 19880330; FR 8706362 A 19870506