Cable lug with a defined contact surface

• US 6,343,962 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2001
• Issued: 02/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG (Harting KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Harting Automotive GmbH & Co. KG (Harting KGaA)
• Inventors: Krause, Jens
• Primary Examiner(s): TA, THO DAC
• Application Number:
  US09/760,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20010008817A1
• Time in Patent Office: 385 Days
• Field of Search: 439/801, 439/882, 439/883, 439/868, 439/886
• US Class Current: 439/801
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/12 End pieces terminating in an eye, hook, or fork
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 11/26 End pieces terminating in a screw clamp, screw or nut

Abstract

The invention relates to a cable lug including a receiving section (12) for a cable and an attachment nut (16), wherein a defined contact area having a defined contact force exists between the cable lug (10) and a counter surface to be contacted. To this end, a contact section (14) is provided which is equipped with a bead which by means of the attachment nut (16) can be forced against a counter surface to be contacted.

Claims

1. A cable lug comprising a receiving section (12) for a cable and an attachment nut (16), characterized in that a contact section (14) is provided which is equipped with a bead (18) which can be forced by means of the attachment nut (16) against a counter surface to be contacted, further characterized in that the bead (18) is annular and concentric with the center axis of the attachment nut.

2. The cable lug according to claim 1, characterized in that the bead (18) has a contact surface (20) facing the counter surface to be contacted, which contact surface extends in a curved manner in a cross-section along a plane containing the center axis of the attachment nut (16).

3. The cable lug according to claim 1, characterized in that the contact section (14) and the receiving section (12) are designed integrally.

4. The cable lug according to claim 3, characterized in that the attachment nut (16) is captively mounted on the contact section.

5. The cable lug according to claim 3, characterized in that the bead (18) is disposed radially outside the area within which the attachment nut (16) abuts against the contact section.

6. The cable lug according to claim 3, characterized in that the bead (18) is formed by an embossing of the contact section (14) on its side facing away from the counter surface.