Global Patent Index - EP 0642145 B1

EP 0642145 B1 19981021 - Tulip type electrical contact

Title (en)

Tulip type electrical contact

Title (de)

Tulpenartiger elektrischer Kontakt

Title (fr)

Contact électrique de type tulipe

Publication

EP 0642145 B1 19981021 (FR)

Application

EP 94401989 A 19940907

Priority

FR 9310662 A 19930908

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0642145A1] The present invention relates to a tulip-type contact, intended to interact with a cylindrical male contact (1) and including parallel contact fingers (2), arranged side by side along the generatrices of a cylinder and provided with a common base part (3). The contact comprises a limiter of the radio travel of the fingers, which consists of a tube (4) coaxial with the fingers (2) on which the fingers (2) abut in maximum radial expansion position, and an elastic element (5) is associated with each finger (2), this element being arranged between the said tube (4) and the finger (2) and working in compression when the fingers (2) expand. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

H01H 1/38; H01R 13/18

IPC 8 full level

H01H 1/38 (2006.01); H01R 13/18 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01H 1/385 (2013.01); H01R 13/18 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT CH DE FR GB IT LI SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0642145 A1 19950308; EP 0642145 B1 19981021; EP 0642145 B2 20040407; AT E172576 T1 19981115; DE 69414062 D1 19981126; DE 69414062 T2 19990408; DE 69414062 T3 20041230; FR 2709882 A1 19950317; FR 2709882 B1 19951020

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 94401989 A 19940907; AT 94401989 T 19940907; DE 69414062 T 19940907; FR 9310662 A 19930908