EP 0806811 B1 20020717 - Spring connector having a plug-in abutment element
Title (en)
Spring connector having a plug-in abutment element
Title (de)
Zugfederanschluss mit einsteckbarem Anschlagelement
Title (fr)
Connecteur à ressort ayant un élément de butée enfichable
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 29608178 U 19960506
Abstract (en)
[origin: US5879204A] A resilient connector for maintaining an electrical conductor in side-by-side conductive engagement with a bus bar includes a generally loop- or O-shaped resilient contact body having a first end portion, an intermediate portion arranged generally normal to the intermediate portion, and a second end portion that is normally arranged at an acute angle relative to the contact intermediate portion, the contact first end portion containing a window opening having first and second opposed edges remote from and adjacent the intermediate portion, respectively, the second contact end portion being displaceable from a normal first position adjacent the first window edge toward a second position adjacent the second window edge, whereby when the second contact end is displaced to its second position and a conductor and a bus bar are introduced in side-by-side electrically conductive relation within the window, release of the second end portion causes the conductor and the bus bar to be clamped in tight electrical contact by the cooperation between the second contact end portion and by the first window edge. In order to prevent permanent distortion of the contact body, a stop member is mounted within the contact cavity for limiting movement of the second contact end beyond the second position. Consequently, the stop member permits the use of the contact arrangement in fixed pole applications where the bus bar and the compression spring are to be installed from above or below a housing within which the electrical components are contained.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H01R 4/48 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
H01R 4/484 (2023.08 - EP); H01R 4/48455 (2023.08 - US); H01R 4/4816 (2023.08 - EP); H01R 4/48185 (2023.08 - US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT CH DE ES FR GB IT LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 5879204 A 19990309; AT E220824 T1 20020815; DE 29608178 U1 19960725; DE 59707708 D1 20020822; EP 0806811 A2 19971112; EP 0806811 A3 19980930; EP 0806811 B1 20020717; ES 2177856 T3 20021216
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 84180897 A 19970505; AT 97106419 T 19970418; DE 29608178 U 19960506; DE 59707708 T 19970418; EP 97106419 A 19970418; ES 97106419 T 19970418