ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE
First Claim
1. An electrical connection device, comprising:
- a housing having a tubular cavity;
a contact having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a cylindrical first external surface oriented about a longitudinal axis and being inserted into the tubular cavity of the housing and the second portion extending outside the tubular cavity and having an orientation zone with a second external surface that is partially, but not completely, cylindrical about the longitudinal axis; and
an anti-rotation device, displaceable in translation in a placement direction, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first portion of the contact, up to a final position, and having a first surface complementary to the second external surface of the orientation zone and abutting thereon when the anti-rotation device is in the final position and the contact is oriented in an operating position.
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Abstract
An electrical connection device includes a housing with a tubular cavity and a contact having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a cylindrical first external surface oriented about a longitudinal axis and is inserted into the tubular cavity of the housing. The second portion extends outside the tubular cavity and has an orientation zone with a second external surface that is partially, but not completely, cylindrical about the longitudinal axis. The electrical connection device further includes an anti-rotation device, displaceable in translation up to a final position, and having a first surface complementary to the second external surface of the orientation zone and abutting thereon when the anti-rotation device is in the final position and the contact is oriented in an operating position. A method of mounting such an electrical connection device is also provided.
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11 Claims
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1. An electrical connection device, comprising:
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a housing having a tubular cavity; a contact having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a cylindrical first external surface oriented about a longitudinal axis and being inserted into the tubular cavity of the housing and the second portion extending outside the tubular cavity and having an orientation zone with a second external surface that is partially, but not completely, cylindrical about the longitudinal axis; and an anti-rotation device, displaceable in translation in a placement direction, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first portion of the contact, up to a final position, and having a first surface complementary to the second external surface of the orientation zone and abutting thereon when the anti-rotation device is in the final position and the contact is oriented in an operating position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for mounting an electrical connection device, comprising the steps of:
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providing a housing having a tubular cavity and at least one contact; inserting a first portion of the at least one contact into the tubular cavity of the housing extending along a longitudinal axis; and fastening an anti-rotation device to the housing by a translational movement in a placement direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis from an initial position to a final position in which the anti-rotation device abuts a stop on a second portion of the at least one contact located outside the tubular cavity and blocks a rotation of a contact about the longitudinal axis in an operating position. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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