Electrical connecting apparatus
First Claim
1. An electrical connecting apparatus, comprising:
- a first device including a first housing which partially surrounds a plurality of first electrical contact elements, anda second device including a second housing which partially surrounds a plurality of second electrical contact elements, said first device and said second device being detachably mateable to one another to make electrical contact between said first electrical contact elements and corresponding ones of said second electrical contact elements when said first device and said second device are mated to one another,said first device further including a pressing body and a holding body, said holding body having a plurality of holding slots, each of said first electrical contact elements being mounted within a corresponding one of said holding slots, said pressing body being located between said first housing and said first electrical contact elements, at least one of said pressing body and said holding body being sufficiently elastic to permit said first electrical contact elements to be displaced relative to said first housing in at least (i) a first direction, away from the corresponding one of said second electrical contact elements, when said first device and said second device are mated to one another, and (ii) a second direction, toward the corresponding one of said second electrical contact elements, when said first device and said second device are detached from one another.
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Abstract
An electrical connecting apparatus has the following features: a current or data transmitter device which can be connected to at least one current-transmitting or pulse-transmitting source, is arranged in a transmitter housing and has contact elements. A current-receiving or data-receiving device which can be electrically connected to a load or consumer is arranged in a receiver housing and has contact elements. Current, pulses or data can be transferred between the contact elements, which are in the form of flat contacts with touching surfaces, by connecting the current or data transmitter device to the current-receiving or data-receiving device. A multiplicity of contact elements of at least one of the two devices are held next to one another in a holding body. The contact elements which are held in the holding body are elastically mounted. The contact elements rest on a pressing link on the side facing away from the contact elements of the other device.
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1. An electrical connecting apparatus, comprising:
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a first device including a first housing which partially surrounds a plurality of first electrical contact elements, and a second device including a second housing which partially surrounds a plurality of second electrical contact elements, said first device and said second device being detachably mateable to one another to make electrical contact between said first electrical contact elements and corresponding ones of said second electrical contact elements when said first device and said second device are mated to one another, said first device further including a pressing body and a holding body, said holding body having a plurality of holding slots, each of said first electrical contact elements being mounted within a corresponding one of said holding slots, said pressing body being located between said first housing and said first electrical contact elements, at least one of said pressing body and said holding body being sufficiently elastic to permit said first electrical contact elements to be displaced relative to said first housing in at least (i) a first direction, away from the corresponding one of said second electrical contact elements, when said first device and said second device are mated to one another, and (ii) a second direction, toward the corresponding one of said second electrical contact elements, when said first device and said second device are detached from one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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