Abstract: An electrical terminal assembly is disclosed herein. The electrical terminal assembly includes a wire assembly receiving portion that is adapted to receive a wire assembly. The electrical terminal assembly further includes an electrical contact portion. The electrical contact portion is electrically connected to the wire assembly receiving portion. The electrical terminal assembly further includes a spring portion that is adapted to engage the electrical contact portion. The spring portion and the electrical contact portion cooperate to form a female receiver therebetween to engage and secure a male connector when the spring portion and the electrical contact portion are engaged.

Abstract: An electrical terminal assembly is disclosed herein. The electrical terminal assembly includes a wire assembly receiving portion that is adapted to receive a wire assembly. The electrical terminal assembly further includes an electrical contact portion. The electrical contact portion is electrically connected to the wire assembly receiving portion. The electrical terminal assembly further includes a spring portion that is adapted to engage the electrical contact portion. The spring portion and the electrical contact portion cooperate to form a female receiver therebetween to engage and secure a male connector when the spring portion and the electrical contact portion are engaged.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical contact element made out of a stamped sheet metal part, a one-piece combination of an edgewise-wound spring element that is resilient about an axis lying perpendicular to the plane of the sheet metal with a leaf spring-like flat spring element that is connected to the edgewise-wound spring element and that is resilient about an axis lying in the plane of the sheet metal, the plane of the sheet metal of the flat spring element being oriented perpendicular to the plane of the sheet metal of the edgewise-wound spring element.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical contact element made out of a stamped sheet metal part, a one-piece combination of an edgewise-wound spring element that is resilient about an axis lying perpendicular to the plane of the sheet metal with a leaf spring-like flat spring element that is connected to the edgewise-wound spring element and that is resilient about an axis lying in the plane of the sheet metal, the plane of the sheet metal of the flat spring element being oriented perpendicular to the plane of the sheet metal of the edgewise-wound spring element.

Abstract: Electric contact element made of a sheet metal stamped part having a fit-on region for fitting to a conductor track of a flat conductor, the fit-on region having a planar base plate and a spring arm with locking arms at a distance above the base plate, and contact tongues being provided which penetrate the insulation material of the flat conductor during fitting, advance as far as the conductor track, scrape along the conductor track and establish contact, and method for producing the electric contact element. The contact tongues and at least one locking arm are attached to the longitudinal edges of the spring arm.

Abstract: A plug-in contact element, which is fabricated from a sheet metal stamping for receiving a post-like plug-in contact pin having four sides has a basic contact member provided with a rear connecting region, a central base region and a front contact region linked together one behind another in a one piece construction along a longitudinal axis, the central base region having a box shaped configuration, and the front contact region including contact spring arms for contacting the sides of the plug-in contact pin. A rectangular sleeve is arranged around the central base region and the front contact region so that the contact spring arms are protectively disposed within the rectangualr sleeve. A polarization plate and a latching spring arm project outwardly from a sleeve top wall of the rectangular sleeve.

Abstract: The invention pertains to an electrical contact element composed of a perforated piece of sheet metal that has a connection region (3) for an electrical connection on one end and a contact region (2) with a polygonal cross-sectional spring-arm base (7) with smooth walls on the other end, where to form a contact casing (1) with a polygonal plug hole (15) defining the contact sites, at each of the front edges of the walls of the spring arm base (7) turned away from the connection area (3), at least one spring arm (14) extending in the direction of the plug hole (15) is provided; the spring arms (14) extend toward each other as far as the plug hole (15) and form it, and then are bent away at an angle to the outside to form a positioning funnel (10) for a contact plug pin in the front free end region.

Abstract: An electrical contact element including a perforated piece of sheet metal that has on one end a connection region (3) for an electrical connection and on the other end a contact region (2) with a polygonal cross-sectional spring-arm base (7) with smooth walls. The walls of the spring arm base have front edges in the direction facing away from the connection region, from which extend at least one spring arm to form a contact casing with a polygonal plug hole defining contact sites. The spring arms extend toward each other as far as the location of the plug hole to form that hole, and then are bent away at an angle to the outside to form a positioning funnel for a contact plug pin in the front free end region of the spring arms.

Abstract: An electrical contact element having a contact base, and with a cover-spring provided on and affixed to the contact base. The contact element forms a one-piece punched/bent component of sheet metal with a connector part formed by a crimped member, and with a tubular contact base extending forwardly therefrom. The cover-spring is designed in two pieces, each cover-spring piece having a cover-spring base part. Those base parts are affixed to the contact base opposite each other in relation to the longitudinal midaxis of the contact base.

Abstract: An electrical switching arrangement for an electric contacting system of an airbag having a short circuit bridge arrangement in a plug, which includes a counter-contact casing and a contact sleeve casing of plastic. In the two casings, there are provided chambers in which are seated connectors connected to electric lines. The casings of the plug are hinged with one another, and a short circuit bridge is provided, in each case, between adjacent contacts in such a way that on opening of the plug, the adjacent contacts are short-circuited first before the connectors of the plug are separated. The contact sleeve casing is constructed substantially in slab form and includes a surrounding casing and an inner casing. The inner casing includes side walls and two front walls, as well as a cover wall and a bottom wall.

Abstract: A central current distribution arrangement, especially for motor vehicles, for the connection of electric feed lines with electric components of a carrier plate arranged in a casing. Openings are provided in at least one casing longitudinal wall or in at least one casing transverse wall for the passage of electric connecting elements. The openings extend through outward projecting first coupling arrangements, which are preferably molded onto the casing in one piece. Second coupling arrangements are provided with electric contact elements which are connected to electric lines. The method coupling arrangements are coupled to the first coupling arrangements. At least one sealing ring is disposed between a first and a second coupling element, and at least one sealing ring is disposed between an electric line and one associated second coupling arrangement to assure a moisture-proof and watertight arrangement of each first and second coupling arrangement.

Abstract: An external connector with an additional lock for a multipolar electrical coupling.

Abstract: A round pin bushing of a punched sheet metal part defining an elastically deformable pin receiving orifice area. The orifice area is encompassed by an outer spring sleeve slid thereover. Further disclosed is an expansion lock comprising first and second hook pieces on the orifice-forming portion which mutually engage when a pin is inserted but provide a radial clearance therebetween for expansion when free of an inserted pin.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a potential connector where the insulated ends of several electrical lines are combined in one connector element; where plastic housing (1) with contact plate (2) of electrically conducting metal is provided, having bearing elements (3) for electrical plug connector (4) of e.g., a punched metal article, that is crimped to the insulated ends of the electrical lines.

Abstract: This invention concerns a lockable electric plug and socket connector with a plug enclosure with compartments for several plug contact elements and a mating plug enclosure with compartments for several mating plug contact elements as well as a snap action locking device for locking the two enclosures that have catch noses on the plug enclosure and a U-shaped spring clip mounted on the enclosure so it acts together with the catch noses and a catch edge on the mating plug enclosure so the catch noses can lock behind it, and it has an operating tab that acts on the spring clip to unlock the enclosures, the spring clip (16) is a metal part punched from sheet metal and placed on edge so it acts on a toggle lever (7), and the catch noses (10) are located on the toggle lever.

Abstract: This invention concerns a spring arm contact with an outer spring, possessing a conductor connection area, a spring arm base, and a contact area, with the contact area being formed by spring arms attached to the spring arm base and extending forward, and the outer spring being equipped with a spring arm base located on top of the spring arm base of the spring arm contact as well as with outer spring arms that embrace that spring arms of the spring arm contact from the outside, with a hexagonal hole being placed into the spring arm base of the spring arm contact, and the spring arm base of the outer spring being fitted with two dovetailed flaps located opposite each other which are bent into the interior of the spring arm base, with the shape of the flaps being adapted to the shape of the hole in such a manner that the side edges of the flaps grip behind the corresponding diagonal edges of the hole and lock into place.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a plug prong, stamped from a piece of sheet metal, with a crimp section and a contact section, as well as a transition section between the crimp section and the contact section, characterized by a hollow, cylindrical base section and a round, pin-like, hollow, cylindrical contact section with a conically rounded tip, as well as a short, cylindrical transition section, between the crimp section and the base section, while the outside diameter of the base section is greater than the outside diameters of the contact section and the transition section and the outside diameter of the transition section is greater than the outside diameter of the contact section.

Abstract: This invention concerns a multipole electric plug and socket device consisting of a plug enclosure and a socket box enclosure in which there are contact elements and mating contact elements connected to electric lines and accommodated in appropriate compartments, where the enclosure can be connected to a pivot hinge device and can be locked with a catch mechanism opposite the pivot hinge device, and box-shaped magazines having contact elements compartments can be inserted into the plug enclosure and/or the socket box enclosure, and these magazines have catch devices that interlock with mating catch devices on the housing walls, and the plug enclosure has an insertion orifice for frontal insertion of magazines at the front.

Abstract: The invention pertains to an electric plug connector with a contact plug housing and a contact sleeve housing, each of which has two side walls, two end walls, and, paralleling the side walls, a compartment partition with transverse compartment partitions, and with a passageway leading from one end wall and through the longitudinal compartment partition and the transverse compartment partitions, through which a bar-like locking slide can be inserted and withdrawn, while, in the area of each compartment, a prelocking stay is inserted through an open, U-shaped hole in the side walls, the base arm of which is directed toward the opening of the compartment, and the free ends of which protrude into the inner space of the compartment and are provided with an engagement shoulder rounded toward said inner space of the compartment.

Abstract: Miniaturized contact spring plug with one or more contact elements having a spring contact area and a cable terminal area with a base web and tab-shaped two-peaked penetration terminal as well as a casing with a cover which are assembled and locked together after insertion of the contact element(s), and after insertion of the flat wire conductor(s) they are brought into a final locking position in which case the penetration terminals penetrate through the cable insulation and establish contact with the flat wire conductors and are locked securely in the cover to the casing while the insulation displacement terminal holds the insulation in a tension relief manner, characterized in that the base web and the lacing web are made of one piece and are aligned vertically in the contact element, and the casing is designed in such a way that it is very small and can be locked together very well.