Electrical interconnection comb

• US 20020031941A1
• Filed: 06/15/2001
• Published: 03/14/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Entrelec SA
• Original Assignee: Entrelec SA
• Inventors: Cote, Sebastien, France, Philippe
• Granted Patent: US 6,524,129 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/511
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/055 co-operating with sockets having a rectangular transverse section
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 25/162 Electrical connections between or with rails or bus-bars rails having primarily a non electrical function H01R4/64
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/085 Short circuiting bus-strips

Abstract

This comb comprises a link bar (5) from which parallel contact plugs (6) extend. Each contact plug is in the form of a tooth (6) pierced by at least one longitudinal window (9) delimiting at least two connection branches (10, 12) which are parallel and deformed transversely in opposite directions one with respect to another and the adjacent edges of which, defined by the parallel edges of the window, are located at a certain distance from one another.

Claims

1. Electrical interconnection comb comprising a link bar (5) from which parallel contact plugs (6) extend, characterized in that each contact plug is in the form of a tooth (6) pierced by at least one longitudinal window (9) delimiting at least two connection branches (10, 12) which are parallel and deformed transversely in opposite directions one with respect to another and the adjacent edges of which, defined by the parallel edges of the window, are located at a certain distance from one another.

2. Interconnection comb according to claim 1, characterized in that each tooth (6) is in the form of a metal blade of rectangular overall shape whose end edges (7, 8) lying on the same side as the link bar (5) and on the opposite side lie in the same plane.

3. Interconnection comb according to either of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that each tooth (6) has two parallel longitudinal windows (9) delimiting three branches (10, 12), the central branch (12) of which is deformed in one direction and the two side branches (10) of which are deformed in the opposite direction.

4. Interconnection comb according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that each longitudinal window is closed and does not run into the free end of the tooth.

6. Interconnection comb according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that each longitudinal window has a width of between 25% and 150% of the thickness of the material in which the tooth is made.

7. Interconnection comb according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that each longitudinal window has a width approximately equal to the thickness of the material in which the tooth is made.

8. Process for manufacturing this interconnection comb according to claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it consists especially in:

cutting out a metal blank in order to delimit the link bar (5), the teeth (6) and the longitudinal slots (9) provided in the teeth (6);

bending the central part of the branches of the teeth in two opposed directions, in order to deform the adjacent branches (10, 12) in opposite directions one with respect to another, while the free end (8) of the teeth is straight and continues to lie in the plane of the link bar (5).

5. Interconnection comb according to claim 5 [sic], characterized in that the longitudinal window has an oblong shape.