Latchable contact having a primary locking lance overlapped by a side wall

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9130294-B2
Application number	US-201314043475-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2013
Priority date	Oct 5, 2012
Publication date	Sep 8, 2015
Grant date	Sep 8, 2015

Abstract

A contact is provided for latching in a contact chamber of a plug connection element. The contact has a contact box having an upper wall, a lower wall, and two opposing side walls. A primary locking lance protrudes resiliently diagonally outward from the upper wall. To protect the primary locking lance against harmful plastic deformations due to externally attacking forces, at least one of the side walls, in an area laterally adjoining the primary locking lance, is configured to protrude outward beyond a plane of the upper wall. An outside edge is bent toward the primary locking lance, so that it overlaps a side edge of the primary locking lance so that it counteracts outward bending of the primary locking lance in a form-locked manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A contact, which is provided for latching in a contact chamber of a plug connection element, comprising:
a contact box having an upper wall, a lower wall, and two opposing side walls; and
a primary locking lance protruding resiliently diagonally outward from the upper wall;
wherein at least one of the side walls, in an area laterally adjoining the primary locking lance, protrudes outward beyond a plane of the upper wall, an outside edge of the at least o…

Assignees

• Schmatz Ulrich
• Wittmann Rolf
• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Schmatz Ulrich
• Wittmann Rolf

Classifications

• H01R13/432 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic