Power-electric contact device; exchangeable power-electric contact module as well as power-electric connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10256565-B2
Application number	US-201715467655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2017
Priority date	Mar 23, 2016
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

A contact for an electrical connector having a connecting section a contact section. The connecting section has a connecting mounting member. The contact section has a contact mounting member engageable with the connecting mounting member of the connecting section. The contact section is separable from the connecting section, electrically connectable to the connecting section at a contact region, and detachably mechanically connectable to the connecting section at the contact region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A contact for an electrical connector, comprising:
a connecting section having a connecting mounting member, a second housing seat mountable at a connector housing, and a connecting collar disposed between the second housing seat and an end of the connecting mounting member; and
a contact section:
(a) having a contact mounting member engageable with the connecting mounting member of the connecting section, a first housing seat mountable at a contact section receptacle of a contact module, and a contact collar disposed between the first housing seat and an end of the contact mounting member,
(b) separable from the connecting section,
(c) electrically connectable to the connecting section at a contact region, and
(d) detachably mechanically connectable to the connecting section at the contact region, the connecting collar abutting the contact collar to provide a stop limiting insertion of the connecting mounting member into the contact mounting member along an axial direction of the contact.

2. The contact of claim 1 , wherein the contact mounting member is a contact spring ring and the connecting mounting member is a contact pin.

3. The contact of claim 1 , further comprising a seal disposed on the second housing seat.

4. The contact of claim 1 , wherein the contact section and the connecting section are uncoated.

5. The contact of claim 1 , wherein the contact section and the connecting section are formed from a copper alloy.

6. A contact module for an electrical connector, comprising:
an insert housing having a base plate having a plurality of contact section receptacles and a plurality of protective sleeves extending away from the base plate, one of the plurality of contact section receptacles disposed in each of the plurality of protective sleeves; and
a plurality of contacts having a plurality of contact sections adapted to engage a plurality of mating contacts of a mating connector and a plurality of connecting sections separable from the contact sections, the plurality of contact sections disposed in the plurality of contact section receptacles, the plurality of protective sleeves only containing the contact sections.

7. The contact module of claim 6 , wherein the base plate is formed in a disc-shape.

8. The contact module of claim 6 , wherein the insert housing is integrally formed.

9. An electrical connector, comprising:
a connector housing having a connecting section receptacle;
a contact module including an insert housing having a contact section receptacle, the contact module is removably disposed in the connector housing; and
a contact having:
a contact section disposed in the contact section receptacle and having a contact mounting member, a first housing seat mountable at the contact section receptacle, and a contact collar disposed between the first housing seat and an end of the contact mounting member; and
a connecting section separable from the contact section and disposed in the connecting section receptacle, the connecting section having a connecting mounting member, a second housing seat mountable at the connector housing, and a connecting collar disposed between the second housing seat and an end of the connecting mounting member, the contact mounting member engageable with the connecting mounting member and the connecting collar abutting the contact collar to provide a stop limiting insertion of the connecting mounting member into the contact mounting member along an axial direction of the contact.

10. The contact of claim 1 , wherein only the connecting collar and the contact collar are disposed between the first housing seat and the second housing seat in the axial direction when the connecting mounting member is inserted into the contact mounting member.

11. The contact of claim 1 , wherein the connecting section has a connecting region and a fixing region, the fixing region disposed between the connecting region and the second housing seat and configured to engage a contact securing device of the connector housing.

Assignees

• Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh

Inventors

• Kraemer Peter
• Ondrej Dusan

Classifications

• H01R13/53

  Bases or cases for heavy duty; Bases or cases {for high voltage} with means for preventing corona or arcing · CPC title

• H01R13/506 Primary

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R13/434

  by separate resilient locking means on contact member, e.g. retainer collar or ring around contact member · CPC title

• H01R11/26

  End pieces terminating in a screw clamp, screw or nut · CPC title

• H01R2105/00

  Three poles · CPC title