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(11) EP 1 447 883 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/17

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.08.2004 Bulletin 2004/34

(21) Application number: 04002832.6

(22) Date of filing: 09.02.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 13/187
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 11.02.2003 EP 03002660

(71) Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
64625 Bensheim (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hielscher, Brigitte
    60433 Frankfurt (DE)
  • Jetter, Rolf
    64297 Darmstadt (DE)
  • Schmid, Alexander
    64665 Alsbach-Hähnlein (DE)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Plug connector


(57) The invention relates to a plug connector (1, 101) comprising at least two connectable plug contacts (2, 102, 3, 103, 203) and at least one electrically conductive connecting member (5, 105, 205) which, in the connected state of the plug contacts, produces an electrical contact between the inner surface (31, 131, 231) of the first plug contact (3, 103, 203) and an outer surface (32, 132) of the second plug contact (2, 102). In order to allow that an electrically conductive connecting member (5, 105, 205) is positioned on a plug contact in a particularly simple manner, a separate receiving element (4, 104, 204) for pre-positioning said connecting member is provided, said receiving element, in the connected state, being arranged between the plug contacts. According to an advantageous embodiment, the connecting member is a spring fixed between the plug contacts when the plug contacts are connected.






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