EP 2941799 A4 20161012 - ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ANTI-ARCING FEATURE
Title (en)
ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ANTI-ARCING FEATURE
Title (de)
ELEKTRISCHER VERBINDER MIT ANTIKRÜMMUNGSFUNKTION
Title (fr)
CONNECTEUR ÉLECTRIQUE AVEC FONCTIONNALITÉ DE SUPPRESSION D'ARC
Publication
Application
Priority
US 2013020208 W 20130104
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2014107156A1] A novel connector pair suppresses arcing during connection and disconnection. In one general aspect of the invention, first and second insulating barriers are configured to extend beyond corresponding first and second contacts, the barriers being arranged to cover a leading end of at least one of the contacts, and to engage with each other when the contacts are separated by a small gap, thereby closing off substantially all through-air arcing paths between them. In another general aspect of the invention, at least one electrical contact in a connector pair is a bimetal contact having a transitional segment made from high resistivity metal. The transitional segment is configured to make first and last contact during the initial phases of mating and un-mating, thereby increasing electrical resistance and significantly lowering the electrical current and the energy available for electrical arcing.
IPC 8 full level
H01R 13/53 (2006.01); H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/193 (2006.01)
CPC (source: CN EP)
H01R 13/53 (2013.01 - CN EP); H01R 13/648 (2013.01 - CN); H01R 13/6485 (2013.01 - EP); H01R 13/03 (2013.01 - EP); H01R 13/193 (2013.01 - EP)
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 0354074 A1 19900207 - LABINAL SA [FR]
- [I] DE 10149201 C1 20030618 - BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG [DE]
- [I] US 5213517 A 19930525 - KEREK LESLIE [US], et al
- [I] US 7946871 B1 20110524 - YU WANG-I [TW], et al
- [A] KR 20010078101 A 20010820 - MOLEX INC
- See references of WO 2014107156A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2014107156 A1 20140710; CN 104904073 A 20150909; CN 104904073 B 20180529; EP 2941799 A1 20151111; EP 2941799 A4 20161012; EP 2941799 B1 20180418; JP 2016502256 A 20160121; JP 6282286 B2 20180221
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2013020208 W 20130104; CN 201380069100 A 20130104; EP 13870163 A 20130104; JP 2015551660 A 20130104