EP 1008762 A2 20000614 - Electric fan and electrical connector
Title (en)
Electric fan and electrical connector
Title (de)
Elektrisches Gebläse und elektrischer Verbinder
Title (fr)
Ventilateur électrique et connecteur électrique
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9827253 A 19981210
Abstract (en)
An electric fan (10) is disclosed, comprising a fan body (20), a back plate (40), a power supply connector (44) and a plug-in control module (60) for controlling the fan motor (26). The control module (60) is received in the fan body (20) and, in the assembled fan, is connected to the power supply connector (44) and to the fan motor (26). The fan body (20) and the control module (60) are together removable from the back plate (40) such that the control module (60) and the motor (26) become isolated from the power supply. The isolated control module (60) is then removable from the fan body (20). An electrical connector (28;44) for electrically connecting a conductor (29) to a contact on a printed circuit board (61) is also disclosed. The connector comprises an electrically-conductive clench (100) which, in use, displaces insulation around the conductor and makes electrical contact with the inner conductive core, and an electrically-conductive spring contact (110) which is resilient and which, in use, forms a resilient electrical connection between the clench and the contact of the printed circuit board. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F04D 25/12 (2006.01); F04D 29/60 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
F04D 25/12 (2013.01); F04D 29/601 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1008762 A2 20000614; EP 1008762 A3 20010516; EP 1008762 B1 20040915; AT E276441 T1 20041015; DE 1008762 T1 20010419; DE 69920146 D1 20041021; GB 2344379 A 20000607; GB 2344379 B 20021211; GB 9827253 D0 19990203
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99309975 A 19991210; AT 99309975 T 19991210; DE 69920146 T 19991210; DE 99309975 T 19991210; GB 9827253 A 19981210